Those who live by the sword......

..... shall be hung on their own petard! How's that for mixing metaphors?
John McCain, he of the McCain-Finegold Bill, which did more to restrict free speech (in the name of election reform) in this country since any restrictions imposed during WWII, has boxed hisself into a campaign finance corner. Here is a brief AOL news summary of his situation:

Obama Hold Source of McCain's Money Woes
By Mark Impomeni

Feb 25th 2008

"Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign finds itself in something of a catch-22. Last summer, when the campaign was not going well and McCain was thought to be finished as a candidate, he agreed to accept Federal matching funds. That was a sign that the Senator could not raise money and might soon drop out of the race. But now that his fortunes have turned, and his campaign coffers have filled, McCain wants to forego Federal funds and the spending limits that go along with them. But the Federal Election Commission, and Democrats, is balking at the campaign's plans.

FEC Chairman David Mason has laid out a set of conditions that the McCain campaign must meet in order to qualify for a withdrawal from the Federal financing system. The trouble for McCain is that the conditions are impossible to meet because the FEC itself cannot meet. The commission is short of members and cannot achieve a quorum in order to take action on any campaign's requests. Four of the six seats on the commission are the subjects of holds in the Senate. A Senator may block action in the Senate on a bill or a nomination by placing a hold on it until his concerns about the action are addressed. Republicans placed three of the holds in retaliation for a Democratic hold on Hans von Spakovsky over allegations that the nominee was insensitive to minority voting rights. The Democratic Senator who placed the hold that is now holding up McCain's financing is none other than McCain's potential general election opponent, Sen. Barack Obama."

So now, the Republican candidate has painted himself into a corner that can only be cleared by his opponent.... Hmmmm. Unfortunate as it may be, does Ole' Pecoz see some kind of political justice in this course of events? You be the judge!