The state of Virginia stands by the project to extend Metrorail to Washington Dulles International Airport, despite Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli saying that it should be killed and calling it an “economic boondoggle” the state doesn’t need. “It’s just not worth it,” Cuccinelli said in a recent appearance on WMAL radio. “It’s a rip-off.”

Cuccinelli went far beyond what Gov. Bob McDonnell and other state and local officials have been saying about the beleaguered multibillion-dollar project that would extend Metro from Fairfax County through the airport to Ashburn. McDonnell and others have criticized the ballooning costs of the rail line, but continue to support it on the grounds that it will eventually be an economic boon for the state.