I agree, Jennifer, it’s hard to get exercised over Obama’s failure to take public money to finance his general election campaign.  I am not one of the high-minded people who think private money corrupts politics, but if I were, I’d be tempted to suggest a new rule for public financing:  If one candidate decides not to take his share of the public pot, let the other candidate have it.  What’s fair is fair.  Apparently a lot of Americans think it’s worth checking the little box on their tax returns that directs $3 of their money into funding presidential campaigns, and they don’t care that it goes to candidates they may not support.  So, why not let all of it go to John McCain since Obama has shunned it?

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