[NittanyLion]

And what's your point? He did NOT campagin against CFR; I posted the link to HIS suggestion for reform.

Unless by "he" you're referring to someone other than George W. Bush, I just posted the evidence to contradict your assertion. During GW Bush's campaign, George Will asked him about CFR...it's all right there. I'm not going to repeat the quote since it's posted above.

[Howlin]

No, you did not. You quoted me some quotes from MTP; I posted the links to his actual platform.

And you and I both know that the bill that arrived on his desk was NOT the bill Russert asked him about.

He repeatedly said campaign finance NEEDED to be reformed and he had his own ideas.

[Texasforever]

George Will: With regard to campaign finance, your opponent Senator McCain has made much of his pledge to ban soft money. You say that would be bad for the Republican Party. I want to see if you agree with those who say it would be bad for the First Amendment?

Number one the Republicans have always held the advantage on HARD money, not Soft. The premise of the question is incorrect. The CFR bill was re-written twice from the time of that "interview" and the final product was very much in line with Bush's campaign proposal that Howlin linked to. That included very severe restrictions on democrat’s soft money advantage and doubled the GOP advantage in hard money contributions. Nice try but no cigar.