Take that, F-22

Senate Beats Back Military-Industrial Complex In Historic Vote

The Senate, by a vote of 58-40, approved an amendment proposed by Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) to strip $1.75 billion in funding for the F-22 fighter. Levin worked hand in hand to kill the F-22 money with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).

"There was an extensive effort by the White House," said Levin. "The president really needed to win this vote, not just in terms of the merits of the F-22 issue itself, but in terms of the reform agenda."

Tragically this makes all of Michael Bay's "in the not too distant future" multi-film spanning F-22/military hardware wankery futuristically inaccurate. Starscream will have to transform into something different for Transformers 3: Revenge of the Rise of the Risen.

For those of you keeping score at home that's

Military Industrial Complex 37,673,987
Government Crusaders: 2

Hopefully no one gets assassinated in Dallas as payback this time.