Angie Craig: “we are about to vote on a cloture motion on what is, without question, a very important issue to all of us and to the…”

“we are about to vote on a cloture motion on what is, without question, a very important issue to all of us and to the country at large. In fact, it is so important that this morning the President of the United States cried out, ``Save me from myself. Save me, please. I'm off to Philadelphia to raise money, and if you don't save me by passing the new law, I may do something wrong, or I'm going to have to do what I'm going to do anyway.'' Well, Mr. President, I'm sorry, but all I ask you to do is to abide by the law that is on the books of the land today. That is what I do. That is what the Senator who just spoke does. I doubt that Senator Dorgan ever has attempted to violate campaign law. I know he hasn't. He is an honest man. He makes sure he doesn't because he hires an attorney and he hires an accountant and he keeps himself legal because what we live under today is a well-regulated campaign finance system. I am absolutely amazed that when the American family sits down at night the first topic of the dinner table is not what about that campaign finance reform they are talking about on the floor of the Senate; I suspect that family is talking about what happened to the child who was lost on the streets of America today, or that classmate of your son or daughter whom you found out got arrested for drugs, or some other issue like that.…”