Cenk Uygur
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McCain: Citizens United Worst SCOTUS Decision Ever
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October 13, 2012
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6:05Now Playing"Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) continued his harsh criticism of the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling this week, calling it the bench's "worst decision ever."
"They said money is free speech. Since when is money free speech?" McCain asked a crowd at an event put on by the Oxford Union at the University of Oxford, according to the Oxonian Globalist. "Money is money."
The Supreme Court's 2010 ruling, which allowed corporations, unions and individuals to pour unlimited amounts of money into elections through super PACs, has elicited a strong responses from McCain in the past. Earlier this year he predicted that the unfettered influx of money, often from undisclosed sources, would lead to "huge scandals" in upcoming elections.
McCain has traditionally been one of Congress' most enthusiastic supporters of campaign finance reform, and he lamented the demise of such efforts in the wake of the Citizens United decision. At times, he's appeared to act as if he's willing to accept defeat."* Steve Oh (COO of The Young Turks) and Jimmy Dore (The Jimmy Dore Show) break it down and explain how Super PACs effectually buy elections.
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