In rendering its decision in our case, the Supreme Court equated money with speech because these days it takes the first to make yourself heard.

I had hoped that the current presidential campaign debates might educate the public as to what is really involved in the ongoing controversy over campaign financing.

This source of corruption, alas, is inherent in the democratic system itself, and it can only be controlled, if at all, by finding ways to encourage legislators to subordinate ambition to principle.

In rendering its decision in our case, the Supreme Court equated money with speech because these days it takes the first to make yourself heard.

What people fail to appreciate is that the currency of corruption in elective office is, not money, but votes.

Given the difficulty of resisting such temptations over the longer run, a proper concern for the welfare of congressional souls may well be the ultimate argument in favor of term limitations.

Unfortunately, in today's world we have to be reminded that the power of an oath derives from the fact that in it we ask God to bear witness to the promises we make with the implicit expectation that He will hold us accountable for the manner in which we honor them.