Holding Politicians Accountable

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When I first ran for public office, the joke was that no smart candidate should ever argue with those who buy ink by the barrel, the press. Today, a not-so-funny corollary is that a smart candidate should never argue with those who buy ads by the bushel.
Former Congressman Jim Leach, in the Boston Globe, on our current campaign finance system.

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