Well, the assumption is that it would be an advantage to incumbents because it would give them freedom from criticism by an outside group in that period. My sense of smell tells me the outside group would, even under McCain-Feingold, probably find some way to try to get around that. For example, as I understand the Senator from Arizona, he said there can be no criticism by name of a candidate, so perhaps the outside group would say, ``The Congressman from the Third Congressional District of Utah is terrible, but we didn't name him.''
Bill Bennett: “Well, the assumption is that it would be an advantage to incumbents because it would give them freedom from criticism by…”
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Discussing the implications of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform legislation.
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