A good tweak

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This is an opinion item.

Author(s) Los Angeles Times editorial board
Source Los Angeles Times
Date June 26, 2007
URL http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-ads26jun26,0,4651911.story
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Quotes-start.png "Monday's decision addresses what even some supporters of the law recognized as its constitutional Achilles' heel. Congress was concerned that some issue ads were veiled ads for or against a candidate — as they were. But in creating a net that would remove phony issue ads from the airwaves, McCain-Feingold arguably hauled in genuine issue ads — those designed to affect a legislator's vote, not to reelect (or de-elect) him." Quotes-end.png


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This item argues for the position Supreme Court was right to strike down "Wellstone Amendment" on the topic Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act.