Republican Senator Susan Collins likes people to believe that she is somehow a moderate, a centrist, a reasonable sort of Republican. The truth is that Susan Collins is anything but moderate. Senator Collins has supported many of the worst, most extreme policies of George W. Bush – the rushed invasion of Iraq prime among them.

One sad standard in particular exposes the out-of-balance priorities of Senator Collins: For her re-election campaign in 2008, Susan Collins has taken more blood money than any other member of the United States Senate.

When I say “blood money”, what do I mean? I mean money that comes from war profiteers, the big defense contractors that make money from building and maintaining the weapons of war.

Susan Collins gets more of this money from war profiteers than anybody else running for election to the Senate in 2008. Senator Collins doesn’t just have blood on her hands. She has blood in her bank account too.

Susan Collins is wrong for the Senate. Susan Collins is wrong for Maine.