Senator Feingold and the Freedom to Choose

Senator Feingold and the Freedom to Choose; The Moral Liberal

Senator Russ Feingold, co-sponsor of the Bipartisan Censorship Act of 2002 (otherwise known as the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act of 2002 or “McCain-Feingold”), has publically stated that he does not want his party’s senatorial campaign committee to pay for TV ads on his behalf, asserting “That’s frankly not who I am. I don’t want to win that way.”


Well, great. That’s his choice to say “Please don’t speak out on my behalf,” but it’s also his party’s choice whether to run their own ads or not. It is also the choice of any other group to speak out about Feingold’s senate race. That’s kind of how the First Amendment is supposed to work. It gives all of us—not just politicians who are up for reelection— choices about whether to speak, when to speak, who to speak to and what we speak about. ...

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