Blueprint Magazine
Last March, a campaign finance reform bill finally made its way out of Congress to the White House, where George W. Bush, abandoning long-standing Republican opposition, quietly signed it despite his view that it was flawed. But this was hardly Bush’s moment. Instead, it was the crowning achievement of his one-time rival for the GOP presidential nomination, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who has labored tirelessly on the issue for many years, consistently provoking sharp criticism from fellow Republicans.