"The American Conservative Union asked FedEx for a $2 million check in return for the group's endorsement in a bitter legislative dispute, then flipped and sided with UPS after FedEx refused to pay," Politico reports.
"The conservative group's remarkable demand -- black-and-white proof of the longtime Washington practice known as 'pay for play' -- was contained in a private letter to FedEx... The letter exposes the practice by some political interest groups of taking stands not for reasons of pure principle, as their members and supporters might assume, but also in part because a sponsor is paying big money."