I Don't Know if McCain is Breaking the Law

I don't know if McCain is breaking the law. I wish I did. (John McCain, contact me here when you get this message and wish to comment - I promise I'll publish all your communications.)

The trouble is that I decided not to go to Law School. And these things are complex. I am a Gearhead and only know enough about The Law to understand Technology Licensing Agreements, Patent Declarations, and 'Specific Performance' Agreements. I haven't even read any of the Federal Law surrounding Campaign Financing.

So, I don't know much about this. Consequently, I am NOT accusing McCain myself of any wrong doing. (But, I've heard TALK and I've read THINGS.) SOMEBODY TELL ME! Is McCain Breaking The Law here???

As I have heard it explained, McCain OPTED IN to the Federal Election Commission Funding Program. It seems that he even secured a LOAN on campaign spending by ASSERTING that he was IN on the Public Funding thing. (This, mind you, is just what I've read.) Then, as I have heard, he changed his mind about that Commitment and proceeded to Exceed Spending Limits in apparent violation of Federal Election Commission funding laws by Over-Spending in one or more States in the Union.

Now, like I said, I don't know these laws. But apparently you cannot just 'change your mind' unilaterally and begin to violate the Federal Compaign Finance law's spending limitations. If so, then that, it seems to me, would be a Violation of Federal Law.

Apparently, there needs to be some act on the part of the FEC that releases you from a prior-stated commitment before you can begin to SPEND outside the dictates of those laws. I don't know -- do some Google searches and let me know what you find.

You know, I do know a little bit about borrowing money ... maybe if you ASSERT that you are IN with the Federal Campaign Finance Funding on a Loan App, then, you're (somehow) NOT, then, MAYBE, you have an obligation to report to your Lending Institution that there has been some MATERIAL CHANGE in your Stated Qualifications for that Loan. I don't know. We'd have to ask that Lending Institution how they feel about that - is McCain just another Borrower, or does he get a Pass on that?

Here's the Bottom Line: McCain is reputed to be sort of a 'Golden Boy' when it comes to 'Campaign Finance Reform'. If he WERE to be violating Federal Campaign Finance Law (well, that sounds like a crime, for one, eh?) but, that would be pretty ironic. Right?

Let me know if you can make any sense of this issue because I cannot. In particular, I cannot find ANY reference to either (a) News Agencies that defend McCain's abrupt Flip Flop on his FEC decision (or the apparent material "variance" in his loan profile), or, (b) any mention in print of this apparent Campaign Finance Law-defying behavior (though I have heard it discussed on the radio).

That is, except for THIS which may help in your search.

JT

PS - or THIS.