Wanted to make sure that you didn't miss David Broder's column yesterday in
the Washington Post, in which he took a favorable view of campaign finance reform:
As one who has been skeptical of the claimed virtues of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law, I am happy to concede that it has, in fact, passed its first test in the 2004 campaign with flying colors.
The 2002 law, which insiders refer to as BCRA (for Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, pronounced bick-rah), did not, as many of us critics feared, weaken political parties or stifle political debate. Instead it played at least a supportive role in the greatest upsurge ever recorded in the number of small contributors.
Of course the BCRA is one of the biggest victories in the history of Common Cause. And the chief architects of BCRA - Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Russel Feingold (D-WI), and Reps. Chris Shays (R-CT) and Marty Meehan (D-MA) just introduced
the 527 Reform Act of 2005 this week. We are going to strongly support this
reform legislation. Stay tuned.
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