A Reform That Doesn't.(political campaign finance reform)(Brief Article)

Let's say we decided to build a dam along a river. If we merely agreed to erect a small barrier that the river would run around, flowing easily through new channels and old ones, no one would celebrate our plan as a great achievement. But that is how editorialists have hailed the Senate's passage of the McCain-Feingold bill, despite the scant likelihood that the partial barriers it erects will stem the flow of big money or seriously diminish its influence in politics.

As passed by the Senate, McCain-Feingold virtually invites circumvention. The bill bans unlimited soft-money ...

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