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Article: McCain spikes career of Senate staff critic. (the watchers).(Winslow Wheeler)(John McCain)
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- Insight on the News
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- October 15, 2002
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One day Winslow Wheeler, a consummate insider on the U.S. Senate staff, wrote a white paper titled, "Mr. Smith Is Dead: No One Stands in the Way as Congress Laces Post-Sept. 11 Defense Bills with Pork." It made its way into the Wall Street Journal and a U.S. News & World Report probe of war profiteering. It was on the mark, but it was to end Wheeler's distinguished career.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, he wrote, referring to the classic Jimmy Stewart film, presented a reassuring image, but on issues of national defense it's an image of the past. Mr. Smith is long dead, and no one in Congress, not even those who pose as reformers, has any regrets. They're far too ...