Time heralded McCain as a "waste and fraud hunter"

In a profile of Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) as one of "America's 10 Best Senators," Time magazine credited McCain for spending "his entire Senate career exposing wasteful pork-barrel projects," and praised him for using his "backwater committee, Indian affairs," to "launch an investigation of lobbyist Jack Abramoff." But Time neglected to mention a recent McCain proposal for $10 million in federal money for the University of Arizona law school, as well as reports that McCain shielded Republican colleagues from his committee investigation. Read more