[Republican Paul Weyrich, a founder of the Heritage Foundation, who is regarded as one of the godfathers of the modern conservative movement] campaigned for Specter by telling voters, 'Arlen Specter is an S.O.B., but he's our S.O.B.'"

[For his habit of signing appropriations bills packed with gratuitous federal handouts, Arlen Specter was named "porker of the year" in 2003.]