Tom Daschle, President Obama’s choice to lead the Health and Human Services Department, is now sorry he didn't pay more than $120,000 in back taxes.

Daschle, the former Democratic leader in the Senate, is saying he was "deeply embarrassed and disappointed" now that he's been exposed as a tax cheat.

The revelation is not expected to slow down Daschle's confirmation by the Senate under our new one-party system of government.

Being a tax cheat is now a badge of honor for the Democratic Party.

Timothy Geithner was confirmed as U.S. Treasury secretary last month despite admitting he failed to pay $34,000 in back taxes.

In the moral relativism that rules liberal Democrats, cheating on your taxes does not disqualify you from being put in charge of the Internal Revenue Service.

The tax cheats, along with Gov. Bill Richardson's withdrawal from consideration as Commerce secretary under a cloud of corruption, is mounting evidence that the ethical bar has been lowered by Obama.

This is the same man who is a product of the Chicago political machine, where corruption is part of doing business.

Daschle and Geithner will fit right in under the culture of corruption that Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid have set up in Washington, D.C., since Democrats took over Congress in 2006.

In his best-selling book, "Makers and Takers," Peter Schweitzer says liberals hold different values that most Americans. Cheating on your taxes is not considered a drawback for left-wing politicians.

Schweizer poured through tax records, scholarly research, opinion surveys and private records to develop a profile of the typical liberal

Liberals, Schweizer writes, are, in the aggregate:

… less honest. Liberals are more likely to believe that it's okay to be dishonest or deceptive, cheat on their taxes (and their spouse), keep money that doesn't belong to them, and sell a used car with a faulty transmission to a family member.

… more selfish. Liberals are much more likely to think about themselves first and less willing to make sacrifices for others. They are less interested in caring for a physically ill or elderly family member, and more concerned with ensuring that their own needs are met.

… more focused on money. Liberals are much more likely to report that money is important to them, that they don't earn enough money, and that money is what matters in a job. They are also more likely to be envious of others.

… less knowledgeable about civic affairs and economics. Despite claims that conservatives are ignorant, studies and surveys show that conservatives and Republicans tend to know more about public affairs, have a better understanding of economics, and do better on word association tests.

If that doesn't sound like the new Obama administration, I don't know what does.

Read more about Schweitzer's fascinating book in an earlier post.