You may recall that Barck Obama refused federal financing for his campaign with the excuse that John McCain and the Republicans would spend millions of dollars through 527 groups and he would be an a disadvantage in the ad wars.Even at the time, it was pointed out that this was ludicrous. The Democrats had several massively funded 527's including Moveon.Org while the Republicans had literally nothing to counter with.Today, the GOP still has a pitiful effort to fund outside groups - thanks to a stern warning from John McCain that he would disavow such help - while Obama has now embraced these organizations:But on Monday two reports surfaced suggesting that a softening of Obama's stance may already be taking place. Earlier in the day, Politico's Ben Smith wrote that PowerPAC, a 501c4 that was initiating voter registration efforts primarily in the South and West, was planning to spend $10 million during the election. In the afternoon, FireDogLake's Jane Hamsher reported that "a...(Read Full Post)