John McCain may not be the candidate to light up conservative hearts, but he has been a consistent foe of pork barrel spending. Given the disillusionment many conservatives feel over runaway spending under President Bush, and the imbroglio over the Coconut Interchange in Florida (among other continuing pork outrages), McCain deserves credit for his record of opposing waste.But as Ed Morrissey of Hot Air points out, McCain has been off-base in attributing the Minneapolis bridge collapse to pork: (quote via Memeorandum)Republican John McCain said Wednesday that the bridge collapse in Minnesota that killed 13 people last year would not have happened if Congress had not wasted so much money on pork-barrel spending.Federal investigators cite undersize steel plates as the "critical factor" in the collapse of the bridge. Heavy loads of construction materials on the bridge also contributed to the disaster that injured 145 people on Aug. 1, according to preliminary findings...(Read Full Post)