How is it not the intent of the article?

> Part of being an elected official should be divesting yourself of conflicts of interest, but that isn't US law.

I completely agree.

> These are blue chip stocks and a large part of the S&P 500. You could write this same article about virtually any business legislation.

Yes, You could write this same article about smaller stocks or privately held endeavors. I thought this is the point of the story, just involving one example.