Democrats fighting over proposed earmark ban | Washington Examiner

Democrats fighting over proposed earmark ban | Washington Examiner:

Democrats are trying desperately to get out from under their ethical cloud. In fact they're so desperate that that they are actually considering a ban on earmarks -- but only a ban on earmarks for for-profit companies. (Which wouldn't have stopped the Cornhusker Kickback, the Gator-Aid, or the Lousiana Purchase -- the three most recent, pernicious and expensive examples of earmarking, used to pass the Senate's health care reform bill.)"