[neverdem]

I may be mistaken about this, but I thought one of the objectives of McCain’s campaign finance reform bill was to prohibit tv ads by groups like the NRA a month or more before the election. Is that not true?

In 5-4 Vote, Supreme Court Rejects Election Ad Restrictions

By a 5-4 vote, the Court said that the 2003 law's ban on pre-election ads that mention candidates by name and are paid for directly by corporations and unions was unconstitutional -- at least as it was applied to the advertisements at issue in the case before it. The ban applied during the 30 days before a primary and the 60 days before a general election.

[Alaways aware]

Well, I think there is a double standard on this.
Candidates are also supposed to reveal the sourse of their contributions. It is incredible and illegal that Obama does not want to reveal where this money comes from. Millions and millions from unknow benefactors? That makes me remember the guy with millions of Chavez´dollars in a suitcase to help the socialist presidential Argentinian candidate win.