Straight Talk Is Cheap

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http://www.reason.com/hod/mh072006.shtml

How John McCain became the capo of the new, reformed campaign finance syndicate
Macy Hanson



What happens when Mr. Smith becomes Washington? Look no further than Arizona's Senator John McCain, who is busily plotting another run at the Oval Office. This time, he is letting his political action committee (PAC) do the dirty work.

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On the Senate floor, McCain claimed that his law would


...help change the public's widespread belief that politicians have no greater purpose than their own reelection and to that end we will respond disproportionately to the needs of those interests that can best finance our ambition, even if those interests conflict with the public interest and with the governing philosophy we once sought office to advance.

McCain's law passed, and survived a Supreme Court challenge. With government corruption finally out of the political process, McCain did the only reasonable thing: work toward his own reelection by responding disproportionately to those interests that could best finance his ambition