Byron Dorgan: “this is quite a remarkable day. I am enormously gratified by the announcement. We have 45 members of our caucus, every…”

“this is quite a remarkable day. I am enormously gratified by the announcement. We have 45 members of our caucus, every single member of our caucus, who signed a letter saying we support the comprehensive campaign finance reform bill called McCain-Feingold. There are three cosponsors, I think, on the other side. That brings to 48 the number of people who have signed up to say, ``We will vote for comprehensive campaign finance reform.'' There are some around this town who I think are quitters on this issue. This is not a time to quit. They say, ``Well, it's clear you can't get much done. Just do a little piece over here.'' This is the wrong time to quit. We have 45 people in our caucus who have said they will vote for comprehensive campaign finance reform of our campaign finance system and at least three other cosponsors. We are at 48 votes just with that. And the question is, are there two other votes out there? Are there two other votes? I think there are. So, those who say this cannot be done, I think what we are demonstrating here with this letter is a substantial reservoir of support to say this system is broken, this system needs fixing, and it ought not be done with a niche over here. Let us do it with comprehensive campaign finance reform that is embodied in the McCain-Feingold proposal.”