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...maverick mccain on santorum - "We all know that earmarking...

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...is a 'gateway drug' to corruption." :usa2:

"John McCain, a Romney supporter who clashed often with Santorum over government spending when they were Senate colleagues.

McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, is a sharp critic of spending items called earmarks that typically escape the scrutiny that accompanies U.S. budget legislation, to the dismay of conservatives.

"He was an avid earmarker and a staunch defender of porkbarrel spending," McCain told Reuters. "I just don't think he can portray himself as a fiscal conservative. ..."

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/06/us-usa-campaign-idUSTRE7BT14220120106
 
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