Want an Endorsement from Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA)? Pay up, sucker!

From the Sunlight Foundation:

Waters, who has been in Congress for more than three decades, routinely sends out mailers endorsing a list of other candidates and ballot initiatives she supports. In the 2010 cycle, she has raised more than $295,550 out of a total of $497,300 through these mailers. And getting on one of her slate mailers doesn’t come cheap—to be featured on the “Citizens for Maxine Waters” slate, candidates pay anywhere between $250 and $45,000.

That ain't right! (I'll bet its more widespread than just this single case.)