Hearings, Please

• March 3, 2004, Midnight

Last July, Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) launched their latest salvo in the campaign reform wars in the form of legislation calling for replacement of the Federal Election Commission, which Feingold lampooned as “the Failure to Enforce Commission.” Over the years, we’ve been critical of the FEC, too, but before replacing it we’d like to see full hearings on the McCain-Feingold proposal. Not one has been held or even scheduled.