Joe Conason: When ranting on about [Charles] Rangel ... Republicans surely won't mention that he's not alone in questionable fundraising for a vanity academic institution that bears his name. ... [T]he most troubling example is none other than Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who now holds Lott's former post. If the term 'Senate Ethics Committee' weren't an oxymoron, he would be enduring an intense investigation, too. McConnell is a graduate of the Univ. of Louisville, a place of higher learning that he is seeking to transform into a display case for his limitless narcissism (as well as that of his wife, former Bush Labor Secretary Elaine Chao). Lots of nice things at the university are named after him, but above all there is the McConnell Center for Political Leadership, a special program much like the Rangel Center at CCNY.
