Sen. Harry Reid did Utah a big favor, but there were strings attached

Family friendships and political favors got the Nevada senator on board in killing a nuke waste dump in Skull Valley.

(AP Photo | Jae C. Hong) Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., delivers a speech at the YearlyKos convention in Las Vegas on June 10, 2006.

(AP Photo | Jae C. Hong) Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., delivers a speech at the YearlyKos convention in Las Vegas on June 10, 2006.

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