Don't Call Me, I'll Call You political party. McCain and Feingold are trying to stop people from giving soft money, which during a dip in the market is a catastrophe. You can't have elected officials without cash contributions to keep their engines going.
Nobody wants quid pro quo.
That's because they have the most to give. If you want to educate people and get out the vote, there is no better way to do it. Soft money donors are those you always remember. It was Thomas Jefferson who wrote that everyone has an inalienable right to put his money where his mouth is. And it was Abe Lincoln who said you can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but politics means fooling all of the people all of the time.