The Cato Institute discusses the purpose of McCain-Feingold and the millionaires’ amendment
Ilya Shapiro, senior fellow of the Center for Constitutional Studies and editor in chief of the Cato Supreme Court Review at the Cato Institute, says that the purpose of McCain-Feingold law was to get money and corrosive influences by special interests out of politics. He says that “therefore, a candidate that can fund their own campaign is cleaner, is purer, for our political system than even an incumbent.” (0:52)
April 21, 2008
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