The 'election reform bill' which was supposed to lead to cleaner elections, actually is making it worse in at least one respect: there is now a ban on broadcast advertisments against candidates in the 60 days before the election.

Charlie at 'From my position' has more

Congress -- acting, of course, only in the interest of "clean" politics -- passed a ban on ads that mention federal candidates' names in the window 60 days before the general election, as part of McCain-Feingold in 2002.

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Since McCain and Feingold are sure to be reading this blog, I'm going to remind them of something. It goes like this: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.