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Will McCain Abide By Campaign Finance Law?
In a letter sent Thursday to Senator John McCain, R-Ariz., the Center for Individual Freedom (CFIF) asked for a swift and direct answer to the question of whether he will abide by the limitations of the presidential public financing system during his bid for the GOP presidential nomination. The letter, written by CFIF president Jeffrey Mazzella asks, "As a frontrunner for the 2008 Republican nomination for president, will you campaign within the presidential public financing system or is it your intention to abandon the limitations of that system in favor of more campaign dollars?"
"Senator McCain has made so-called 'clean elections' a staple of his political career," said Mazzella. "Despite numerous First Amendment concerns, he's unapologetically championed strict restrictions on political speech toward that stated end. Yet, now that Senator McCain is the frontrunner for the GOP nomination, he continues to evade the direct question of whether he will abide by the very campaign finance limitations he advocates."
As recently as the 2004 elections – the most expensive presidential campaign in the nation's history - McCain maintained "absolutely" his conviction favoring public campaign financing.
Story Continues Below In November 2003, the senator sponsored legislation to strengthen the presidential public financing system, stating at the time that it was his hope "that a bill can be enacted to take effect for the 2008 presidential election."
"Senator McCain has always portrayed himself as a man of principle," said Mazzella. "However, the Senator's evasion of a direct question regarding the presidential public financing has left Americans across the country wondering whether the 'Straight-Talk Express' has taken a U-Turn as the competition for presidential campaign dollars heats up.
"As the frontrunner for the Republican nomination, Senator McCain owes the American people a direct answer to this very simple question," said Mazzella. "We don't think it's too much to ask of the Senate's chief 'campaign finance reformer' to clearly make his intentions known on this issue regardless of 'what other candidates might do,'" Mazzella said.
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