There were fewer things more pathetic than the original concept of McCain/Feingold. Limit the amount of free speech Americans should have in supporting or decrying candidates is about the dumbest idea democracy ever hatched.
The Supreme Court did its partial duty today in saying that a major part of it IS complete lunacy.
And now the author of it, supposedly a "free-speech advocating conservative"... wait for it...
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...is crying today that the Court didn't see his marxist utopian limits on speech the same way.
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Monday called the Supreme Court’s decision to weaken part of his campaign finance law “regrettable.”
However, the presidential hopeful pointed out that the 5-4 decision leaves intact the main part of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, most commonly referred to as McCain-Feingold.
“It is regrettable that a split Supreme Court has carved out a narrow exception by which some corporate and labor expenditures can be used to target a federal candidate in the days and weeks before an election,” McCain said. “It is important to recognize, however, that the Court’s decision does not affect the principal provision of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, which bans federal officeholders from soliciting soft money contributions for their parties to spend on their campaigns.”
Nope Senator, it's not regrettable - its constitutional. And I don't think that Crisis Pregnancy Centers like the ones operated by Wisconsin Right To Life constitute "corporate expenditures."