Ted Stevens:
Tacking on extra planes to the defense budget - beyond what even President Bush requested - to the tune of $468 million dollars. That's taxpayer dollars.
His brother-in-law's firm handled the lobbying, and collected the lucrative lobbying fees.
The taxpayer in the end foots the bill.
What did Presidential candidate John McCain have to say about this deal? ""Unnecessary, Unwanted, Unauthorized, Unmitigated Pork""
That says it all.
Ted Stevens: good for lobbyists, good for pork-barrel spending, BAD for Alaska.