Stevens says you have no right to know

Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, whose name has become synonymous with pork barrel spending, thanks to his bridge to nowhere project for his home state, emerged Wednesday as the person blocking a bill by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., which would enable us to have a searchable database for these boondoggle spending projects. According to Stevens:

Stevens' spokesman, Aaron Saunders, said Stevens merely wanted the bill delayed until he could be convinced that it would not create another unnecessary layer of bureaucracy

Now if that is not a perfect example of irony, what is?