John Mccain violates Mccain-Feingold Campaign Finance laws

Amidst all the attacks on Obama's "flip-flop," how much have you read in the MSM about the fact that McCain has "completely reversed himself" on public financing -- and is currently breaking the law on a daily basis, making a mockery out of a campaign finance system he helped create?

In the fall of 2007, McCain opted into the public financing system for the GOP primaries, which meant he'd later receive just over $5 million in public funds in exchange for agreeing to a fundraising limit of around $54 million for the entire primary process, which ends when he accepts the nomination at the Republican National Convention in September.

By late November, his campaign was practically broke, so McCain took out a pair of $1 million loans, using the public funds he would receive as collateral.

Cut to Super Tuesday, when McCain had the Republican nomination all but wrapped up. Suddenly, he didn't want to be bound by that $54 million limit, so his campaign did a 180 and opted back out of the public financing system.

But as David Mason, the Republican-appointed chair of the FEC, has pointed out, you can't just unilaterally opt out -- especially after securing a loan based on having opted in. The response of the McCain campaign is quite simply to ignore Mason. And because the FEC currently lacks a quorum (thanks to stalling tactics by that human roadblock to reform, Mitch McConnell) that's where things stand, pending a ruling on a lawsuit filed by the DNC
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/mccains-campaign-funding_b_1...

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[ngarey]

I find it terrifyingly soulless.

[crumbinator]

McCain does that cute little laugh when he lies.

[Rightwingist]

msnbc has the lowest rating of all the networks. I wonder when they will go out of business?

[az101010]

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[CommentaryUSA]

They are both tramplers of the Constitution. They are both bought by big money donors. So whats the difference?

Vote for Chuck Baldwin of the Constitution Party in November. A vote for Chuck Baldwin is a vote for taking back our country from the criminals.

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