Weep not for Alaska senator Ted Stevens, who lost his reelection race after being convicted of making false statements about accepting gifts from an oilfield-services company.(The Week)(Brief article)

Weep not for Alaska senator Ted Stevens, who lost his reelection race after being convicted of making false statements about accepting gifts from an oilfield-services company. Stevens is the longest-serving Republican senator in history, and he used that seniority to become one of Washington's worst pork-barrel spenders. His farewell tributes on the Senate floor have been something of a spectacle. Larry Craig, himself departing office, offered an emotional tribute to "Uncle Ted," recounting his wonder at discovering that the airport in Anchorage was named after Stevens (in Alaska, it is hard to find a major infrastructure project that's not). ...