On the campaign trail, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has repeatedly denounced and mocked a federally funded study of grizzly bears in Montana, calling the project wasteful and unnecessary. McCain even ran campaign ads attacking the study:

But this morning, the Washington Post reports that the project, which found that conservation efforts have successfully protected the grizzly bears in northwest Montana from extinction, was financed through an earmark from “Montana’s three-term senator, Conrad Burns, a Republican who was defeated in his reelection bid in 2006.” Incidentally, “Burns is now chairman of McCain’s campaign in Montana.”

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