[Mariner]

"Not accurate. Under federal law, Bayh cannot personally use that money".

Correct. But the campaign fund can employ him and his family for years...with REALLY GREAT salaries and benefits.

[Publius Valerius]

But the campaign fund can employ him and his family for years

I'm not positive on the ins and outs of campaign laws, but my understanding was that the "winding up" of the affairs of the office, for which the candidate may draw a salary, must be concluded within a set period of time, I thought much shorter than years.