I don’t get it. Didn’t he already say he WOULD accept public financing? What am I missing here?
Both he and Baraq vowed to stick with public financing, but I think he said he will leave open the option to drop that if Baraq does first.
I have no idea what those idiots are up to at the DNC though.
McCain has accepted public financing for the general election, that is after the Republican convention.
He is now not in that system.
As I understand it, McCain was not going to use public financing in the primary, but has said he will do so for the general. The problem is when his campaign was down and out that he used his right to public financing as collateral against a loan, obligating him to use public financing for the primaries, also. Then he won a few primaries and his fundraising increased, and he decided he didn’t want to use public financing for the primary. If he is forced to use public financing, he will have virtually no money to spend until after the Pubbie convention. That is, ironically, the law under McCain-Feingold CFR. Talk about being hoisted on your own petard.
Not that Obama is an honorable man keeping to his word, either. Obama said he would use public financing for the general if his opponent did. That’s when his fundraising wasn’t going so well. Now he’s raising a ton of money and is trying to renege on that deal.
He accepted public financing in the primaries, not for the general election.