When the United States Senate passes the boldest cam-paign-finance reform for 27 years, it would be churlish not to celebrate. All is not signed and sealed—the House promises a fight, and George Bush may exercise his veto—but hats off, all the same. Well done to Senators John McCain and Russ Feingold, who had failed four times in five years to get this far, but never stopped trying. Well done, too, to those senators who managed to repent of their past sins and take the steep path of self-restraint—at least until their legal advisers have worked out how they can get round it.
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