Not that anyone listens to him (except those in the media who need a quote from an anti-Republican from time to time) but John McCain has declared public financing a dead issue: Sen. John McCain, an architect of sweeping campaign-finance reform who got walloped by a presidential candidate armed with more than $750 million, predicts that no one will ever again accept federal matching funds to run for the nation's highest office. "No Republican in his or her right mind is going to agree to public financing. I mean, that's dead. That is over. The last candidate for president of the United States from a major party that will take public financing was me," the Arizona Republican told The Washington Times. In an hourlong interview at the newspaper with editors and reporters Friday, Mr. McCain also questioned President Obama's pledge of bipartisanship, saying the Democrat has passed up several prime opportunities to work with Republican lawmakers. What's more, the new...(Read Full Post)