Time magazine has unveiled it’s list of the Top 10 Senators (and also singled out 5 who they think are “falling short”).

When I saw Sen. Thad Cochran (R — MS) on the top of the list, I thought that this might be a well thought out and worthwhile read.

But, looking further down the list, I realized that Time had just undermined and diminished the deserved recognition of Sen. Chochran by putting Sen. Ted Kennedy and Dick “US Troops = Nazis” Durbin on the same list.

As surprised as I was to see a Republican at the top of their list, I was equally surpised to see a Democrat leading off the list of Worst Senators. But then I realized that each list is in alphabetical order.

I’ll post my list of the Top 5 and Bottom 5 Senators later this evening.