(And trust me it has not been my intention to pile on 'ole Mac—things just seem to be working out that way in the past couple of days. "But Broad," you say, "what about the whole 'bitter' thing Obama said?" Frankly I think it is a non-story, but I may weigh in on it later if I get really bored. We're talking looking for split ends in my hair bored. I am still yo-yoing on the whole Clinton vs. Obama thing and frankly that issue has only added to my back and forth—and not in the way you might think. Frankly I just need a breather from it all, so it sucks to be McCain.)
McCain applied for and was accepted by the public financing system for his presidential campaign. Great, big whoop you say. The problems is that when you apply for this public money, there are some rules attached, rules that McCain has conveniently been ignoring. Yes our war hero has BROKEN THE LAW. What's more he has admitted it. As part of the agreement for him to receive these public funds, his campaign can't spend more than $56,757,500 million during the primary (is it just me or does this number seem completely random?).
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) has asked McCain some questions about loans he has taken out and Mac ain't answering. He's also saying these rules don't apply to him for some reason. You can read all the dets here: firedoglake.com.
The FEC is a bit short on commissioners to tackle this issue (due to guess who? yes, your friends and mine the current administration!) so meanwhile several groups, including the DNC have filed suit to compel them to act on McCain's transgressions.
So now we sit back and see what happens—ie in regards to McCain as well as whether or not the mainstream press takes notice.
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