whatever else it is, the Edwards trial is a damning indictment of how we fund campaigns

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3. where you say "could" the law says "can't"

there are still maximum limits
and there are still limits on what the money can be used for.

if edwards did what he's accused of, then the law says it's illegal and he'll very likely pay a big price for breaking the law.



yes, campaign finance laws are a mess, but this is not a good example of the problems. better examples are the terrible practices that perfectly legal, such as corporate contributions, which (given corporations' profit-maximizing mandate) are practically guaranteed to be the moral equivalent of bribes.