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With its Follow the Money title, Sharyl Attkisson's expose of porkbarrel spending in the halls of Congress for CBS promised to be another episode in outrage. Instead we saw good natured teasing of pomposity and a pair of the choicest soundbites.
At stake was a mere $2m in federal funding for a political science center at City College in New York City. The college is based in Harlem, represented for 36 years by Charles Rangel, Chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee. The building will include the Charles B Rangel Center for Public Service, the Rangel Conference Center and the Charles Rangel Library.
Soundbite #1 came during a floor debate when John Campbell, a freshman Republican Congressman from California, questioned the propriety of this "monument to me," asking whether it was proper for politicians to name things after themselves. Answered Rangel: "I would have a problem if you did it because I do not think you have been around long enough."
Soundbite #2 came from Mary Lou Edmondson of City College when Attkisson asked her whether Rangel made it a requirement that his name be on the center. The concept of an un-Rangel Center was so unimaginable that Edmondson was at a loss for words: her reply came out as an astonished giggle.
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