1.0 link 161259 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/monica-youn/the-traffic-of-pay-to-pla_b_161259.html Roads and bridges apparently lack the headline value of Kennedys and Clintons, and Friday's unanimous Senate confirmation of Obama's nominee for Secretary of Transportation Rep. Ray LaHood (R-Ill.) excited little news commentary. This is a crying shame because roads and bridges - and the lucrative contracts for their construction -- are the stock-in-trade of pay-to-play politics, as we saw with Gov. Blagojevich's brazen sale of state contracts to campaign contributors. By softballing LaHood's confirmation hearings, the Senate missed the opportunity...

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