WP: McCain Taps Cash He Sought To Limit

[kskiska]

Onetime Reformer Calls on Big Donors

Sunday, February 11, 2007; Page A01

Just about a year and a half ago, Sen. John McCain went to court to try to curtail the influence of a group to which A. Jerrold Perenchio gave $9 million, saying it was trying to "evade and violate" new campaign laws with voter ads ahead of the midterm elections.

As McCain launches his own presidential campaign, however, he is counting on Perenchio, the founder of the Univision Spanish-language media empire, to raise millions of dollars as co-chairman of the Arizona Republican's national finance committee.

In his early efforts to secure the support of the Republican establishment he has frequently bucked, McCain has embraced some of the same political-money figures, forces and tactics he pilloried during a 15-year crusade to reduce the influence of big donors, fundraisers and lobbyists in elections. That includes enlisting the support of Washington lobbyists as well as key players in the fundraising machine that helped President Bush defeat McCain in the 2000 Republican primaries.

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But now the contrast between McCain the presidential candidate and McCain the reformer can be jarring. McCain's campaign says that he is still studying whether to forgo the public financing and spending limits he has long supported, but that he will not be handicapped by restrictions his competitors will not face in 2008.

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[Viva_La_Revolution]

1. hmmmph!

can you say 'flip-flop' boys and girls?

[saltpoint]

2. McCain proves he's a flop with this flip.

A maverick no more.

[UrbScotty]

3. Trying to challenge Romney's flip-flop record, I see? (nt)

[MADem]

4. ***COUGH!!! ****bullshit ***COUGH!!!**** Indeed!!!!

It seems that putting money where mouth is, is a problem with that guy.

[Little Wing]

5. 2 things

1st - Someone's going after the Latino vote, and doesn't care how he wins it
2nd - It's becoming increasingly clear that the public dollar is no longer relevant

[EST]

6. Expecting integrity from any politician, especially a pooplican,

is like leaning on a broken stick. McCash has been an uncertain light and a certified criminal-illustated by his participation in S&L scandals in the 80s-virtually all his political life.

Certainly no man of honor nor one who should be emulated by those who would seek to follow an ethical path.

[skipos]

7. http://www.TheRealMcCain.com

http://www.TheRealMcCain.com

This is just more of the same from John McCain.

[knight_of_the_star]

8. No surprise

He's very good at jumping the fence.

[Purveyor]

9. Just keep selling 'them' rope... n/t

[Vidar]

10. Betraying what little remains of his legacy. Take note of your "friend",

Mr. Feingold. And no, I'm not dissing Russ, just his former ally In campaign finance reform.

[bklyncowgirl]

11. The sale of what's left of McCain's soul continues--maybe he should try Ebay. nt

[Tangledog]

12. Oh, you maverick!

John McCain has ridden his personal history as a war hero (which I personally respect and don't care to dispute), and a few vaguely iconoclastic statements from the past, into an ill-deserved reputation as an "independent-minded Republican." As a politician in the 21st Century, his actions are just like those of any standard-issue, interest-group-beholden, indictment-dodging, corporate-dominated shill. My only question about the Senator is whether he has a glimmer of self-awareness left to see how he has sold out, just like the rest of them.

If John McCain is a maverick, I am the living incarnation of Nicholas, Czar of All the Russias.

[tabasco]

13. Proving once again he lost whatever integrity he had long ago.

I hope they nominate McCain. A perfect symbol for the corrupt corporatism which has ruined this nation.

[DaveofCali]

15. McCain should be branded with a photo of him hugging Bush

That would help brand McCain as a hypocrite and a believer in Bush's failed policies, and Ruin McCain!

[DaveofCali]

14. McCain is a perfect example of how Republicans are Frauds, Lapdogs, Sellouts, and Pushovers n/t

[City Lights]

16. JohnnieMac is the king of double-standards.

He makes my skin crawl. And to think I used to take him seriously...:rofl: