There is an article in the Boston Globe this morning, Study finds lawmakers invested $165m in defense. I expected this article to be more of the same old, same old about Republican conflicts of interest, Halliburton, Betchtel, ad nauseum. But to me chagrin, it was reveled that
Several members earning money from these contractors have plum committee or leadership assignments, including Senator John F. Kerry, Democrat of Massachusetts, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, an independent from Connecticut, and the House minority whip Roy Blunt, Republican of Missouri.
Lieberman, of course! But John Kerry? What gives?
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