On Tuesday, staunchly liberal Rep. Robert Andrews (N.J.) -- lifetime ACU score of 13.5 -- announced he's retiring from Congress. For his part, reporter Jason Horowitz of the New York Times noted in the lead paragraph of his Wednesday morning print article that the 12-term Democratic congressman's legacy was dogged by his "alleged misuse of his campaign funds."

By contrast, however, the Washington Post's David Fahrenthold buried that fact in the 11th paragraph of his page A6 story -- "Rep. Andrews, leaving with no laws, cites successes"* -- which celebrated Andrews as a grizzled veteran of a bitterly-divided Washington who has succeeded in passing some of his most dear legislative priorities even though he's never successfully shepherded a bill with his name on it through Congress (emphasis mine):