John McCain Quotes
Earmarks are the gateway to corruption.
John McCain, U. S. Senator (Republican, AZ), Republican Presidential Nominee, NBC Meet the Press, January 29, 2012
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Louis had maintained that the earmark was a cowardly and corrupt way of a congressman bringing pork back to their districts and paying back campaign contributors. He argued that if what the Congressmen were doing were right, why not introduce a bill publicly, debate it, defend it, and try to get a majority for it rather than sneak it in some large piece of legislation without anyone knowing who even introduced the legislation or got the pork into the bill.
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