May 11, 2006 11:38AM

McCain‐Feingold Bites

By David Boaz

So a court confirms that, under the McCain-Feingold law, it's illegal to run ads urging a senator to vote for a bill in Congress if the bill is coming to the floor within 30 days of a primary election in which the senator is running unopposed. Because letting a grassroots group contact voters on a proposed constitutional amendment would compromise "the integrity of the electoral process."

John McCain often takes the lead on economic freedom, and Russell Feingold was the only senator to vote against the PATRIOT Act, but they should both be sorely ashamed that they have so effectively blocked the voters from the sacred "electoral process."

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