McCain's grim smile

NPR yesterday described John McCain, attending the signing of a White House memorandum  reversing the Bush administration's policy of no-bid contracts, as having a grim smile on his face.  Grim, we were to understand, because of the august Arizona senator's horror at the pork in the recovery bill.  Oh dear.  Are we supposed to forget that Senator McCain was a leader in Congress during the administration whose corruption is now a memorable feature of eight corrupt years?  Where was congressional oversight as that money was going out the door?  Is it unfair to ask John McCain about his campaign's spending on Ms. Palin's wardrobe and cosmetic expenses  -- enough to end a bunch of  foreclosures?  

In case you haven't seen the bottom line on those little overages in private military contracts, here it is:

A review of 95 military projects by the Government Accountability Office, the nonpartisan auditing arm of Congress, found that they exceeded the budgeted amounts by $295 billion over the course of several years.

And the investigations have only just started. Wipe that "grim smile" off your face, Senator, and get real.