[Delacon]

I heard Thompson address McCain-Feingold yesterday on the radio. He said the bill was an attempt to reign in soft money that Clinton was spreading around back then perhaps illegally but definitely through loopholes. Clinton was gaming the system. Thompson said he backed the bill to address this corruption. He also said he was WRONG. Way better than any position McCain has taken on the bill.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

I heard Thompson address McCain-Feingold yesterday on the radio. He said the bill was an attempt to reign in soft money that Clinton was spreading around back then perhaps illegally but definitely through loopholes. Clinton was gaming the system. Thompson said he backed the bill to address this corruption. He also said he was WRONG. Way better than any position McCain has taken on the bill.

He is spinning it differently than he did at the time, which leaves him misrepresenting his reasons. Also, look at all of his statements on it. He doesn't think it was all wrong at all. He is only backing off the very worst part of it. How he could have EVER supported that part is beyond me.

[TigersEye]

Thompson said he backed the bill to address this corruption. He also said he was WRONG.

Thompson did distance himself from some of the fund raising aspects of the bill and offered and amendment of his own to correct what he saw as deficiencies. I would like to find where he distanced himself from the advertising restrictions which are the most egregious parts of the bill IMO.

I have just begun asking around for that because I would really like to keep Fred in my "no problem to vote for" category. I don't want Duncan Hunter to be so lonely.