John McCain Targets Rabbit Massages, Puppetry in 'America's Most Wanted' Spending Report
(Bomb-sniffing) elephants, (inspected) catfish, and (biting) dogs: the Arizona senator highlights these and other "outrageous" spending.
Senator John McCain, a Republican from Arizona, speaks during the 31st Annual Meeting of the Bretton Woods Committee at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, May 21, 2014.
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Wanted: Elephants suspected of bilking American taxpayers.
Arizona Senator John McCain released a report Thursday "highlighting, naming and shaming outrageous pork projects funded with your taxpayer dollars," and it singled out those profligate pachyderms for the $50,000 grant they—or, presumably, those who research them—received to test out their bomb-sniffing abilities.