We need assurances about what a candidate will do upon setting foot in the White House. We know that President Bill Clinton, faced with a real opportunity for congressional campaign finance reform in his first year in office, let that chance pass by. We believe that, 16 years later, in 2009, the new president will have an opportunity to transform Washington by championing full public financing of congressional and presidential elections. The bills already have been introduced and have bipartisan support, including from some of the leading presidential candidates. The next president should seize the moment, answer the call from voters for change, and end the current system of pay-to-play politics.