A Senate colleague criticized U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole Monday.
U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Missouri Democrat who sits on the Armed Services Committee with Dole, charged that Dole has "not been asking tough questions" about accountability for military contractors.
In Raleigh for a fundraiser for state Sen. Kay Hagan, McCaskill told Dome that she was disappointed with Dole's failure to look into what she called "war profiteering" in the Iraq war. A former state auditor, she estimated that there has been $150 billion in theft and fraud by contractors.
"There are tough questions that are begging to be asked, and frankly, Elizabeth Dole hasn't asked those questions," she said. "She very rarely asks a question."
McCaskill argued that the Senate has not done enough oversight of military contractors until recently and said that Hagan's background as a state budget writer would help her in Washington.
"We need more people up there that are willing to ask the tough questions," she said.
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Re: McCaskill: No 'tough questions' from Dole
Nice dodge on the real issue.
Of course Dole won't ask questions, because some of those contractors are probably paying into her campaign fund. Just follow the money, if you can get by your own bias (pot, meet kettle).