"A Parliament of Whores" is right.

Ted Stevens is the one who put a "secret" hold on the bill which would require the publication of details of federal spending, particularly pork projects. He's the one who tried to get the bridge to nowhere passed.

What really should shock all Americans is this: "Senate tradition allows any senator to keep a piece of legislation from reaching the Senate floor by placing a hold on the bill." Say what? Does that sound like a tradition of a body that wants to get things done? It's bad enough that they've effectively increased the votes needed to pass anything from 51 to 60. The world's greatest deliberative body? What good is your vote, if your senator can be denied a chance to represent you by one jerk from another state?