But I've also been a litigant. I've been a party. And so I filed a lawsuit that culminated in FEC versus Ted Cruz for Senate that was challenging a portion of McCain Feingold. McCain Feingold was the big campaign finance law that John McCain and Russ Feingold championed that put major constraints on political spending and political speech. I think McCain Feingold was an absolute abomination. One element of McCain Feingold is it limited the ability of a candidate to loan money to his or her own campaign and then pay yourself back. (26:16–26:26)
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Asserts that McCain Feingold law imposed major constraints on political spending and speech.
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