I will use a (literally) "gross" exaggeration to make a point.
What if a V.P. candidate wanted to make more adult Americans accept the idea of sexually molesting 14 - 18 year olds?
Anyone with that kind of morality should not be in a position of respect because he could possibly and to some degree of effectiveness, work to corrupt generations of young people, just from his example favoring the practice.
ok, so how does that make lake a "great vp"?