John McCain actually said...

"We passed a bill... loaded down with pork-barrel projects."

"I am sorry I was not here to ask the Senator from North Dakota how you want to have a commission to cut spending and at the same time approve of and vote for $4 billion in earmarked pork barrel projec..."

"The courts have consistently held that the United States failed to properly manage these accounts."

"no settlement would be approved by this Committee that does not provide for actual payment to the Indians before payment of untold millions of dollars to the attorneys in this matter."