The Cato Institute discusses the purpose of McCain-Feingold and the millionaires’ amendment

Posted by Staff on April 21, 2008 |

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)

 
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April 21, 2008
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