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Many of the nation's most influential editorial pages supported McCain-Feingold and lustily cheered the Supreme Court decision upholding the law, including the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Baltimore Sun, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times and The Washington Post. Having second thoughts now wouldn't look so good. Even so, big corporations own all of those papers. How enthusiastic will they be when federal bureaucrats decree editorial pages owned by big corporations can't express opinions about candidates or their positions if doing so creates the appearance of corruption?

Exactly! The media only cares about its own power to influence. The rest of us get in the way. We're appalling, greedy and partisan; they're not. We have evil motives; they do not. They think they have super rights, that the first amendment is just for them. In a constitutional republic, he who informs the people rules the world. That's why no restrictions on political speech is so vital.