FYI
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Senator Thompson has been a supporter of the McCain/Feingold campaign finance legislation. That bill would ban the unlimited amounts of soft money that currently flow into the coffers of the national parties and helped create the numerous scandals and violations we saw in the 1996 presidential campaign. Senator Thompson believes that by banning soft money contributions and fully disclosing the source of donations to political campaigns the American people will be able to have more confidence that the decisions made by their leaders will be free from the influence of big money donors.
Thompson has not made too many errors in judgment - McCain Finegold was one of the few. If he can't get the nomination (because he can't raise enough cash - which is what it's all about) then he'd be great as a VP no matter who is at the top of the ticket, IMHO.
thompson said that cfr didn't work out how he intended and now recognizes it was a bad idea.