chalk another one for Senator McCain

In October Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and long-time reform opponent Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) conspired to insert a tiny provision in the completely unrelated transportation appropriations bill – a provision that would have allowed members of Congress to give unlimited amounts of money from their Leadership PACs to national party committees… which could then in turn give the money right back to the member of Congress for the election campaign. (It is illegal for Congresspersons to use Leadership PAC money directly for their election campaigns, as it is supposed to be for basic office functions.)

This maneuver was caught by sharp-eyed staff at the office of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), and once again, after many activist calls and emails, Frist and McConnell were forced to back off and withdraw the provision. McConnell then refused to even admit he had anything to do with it!