McCain v. McCain | Michael Tomasky

The Senate voted down a campaign-finance bill yesterday aimed to address the radical ruling made by the Supreme Court in its Citizens United decision from earlier this year that essentially will permit corporations to spend as much as they like influencing political elections.

When I say the Senate "voted down" the bill, what I of course mean - readers of this blog should understand this now without my even having to say it, but for the uninitiated - is that it had 57 yea votes and 41 nay...