[BillF]

To repeat, no broadcaster "risks his license" to run such an ad. To the contrary, the broadcaster MUST carry the ad.

Sorry to be dense, but I'm not understanding.

The 30/60 day rule does NOT apply to candidates. So you are going to have a separate corporation set up to test the prohibition.

But the "must carry ad" rule ONLY applies to candidates. So the corporation that you set up can NOT be the source of "must carry" ads.

In other words, two situations:

1. candidate ad - must carry, but not subject to 30/60 rule

2. advocacy ad mentioning candidate, run by corporation - not subject to "must carry," but subject to 30/60 rule

Please enlighten this recovering attorney before I relapse.

[SC Swamp Fox]

My question in post #61 was framed much better by BillF in post #59.

[Congressman Billybob]

I, as the candidate, will place the ad.

But in the ad, I will name the brand-new corporation that paid for the ad and supports it and agrees with it.

Bingo. Law broken. Issue squarely presented. Make sense to you?

John / Billybob

P.S. Since all I do now is Supreme Court cases, and I'm about to give that up, I'm a "recovering attorney" also.