I googled it first, but can't find it. John McCain voting to ban buying clothes with campaign money

[Ian David]

Can someone help me find documentation of that please?

Thanks!

[BuyingThyme]

1. I think he wrote it.

[billyoc]

2. Hell, that law has his name on it!

:rofl:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/10/22/2008-10-22_republicans_try_to_defend_campaign_money.html

[Ian David]

4. THANKS! McCain-Feingold! LOL!

Republicans try to defend campaign money spent for Palin's clothes

BY CELESTE KATZ in Tampa, MICHAEL SAUL in Goffstown, N.H., and KENNETH R. BAZINET in Washington
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS

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Even if it was legal for the Republican National Committee to drop $150,000 at Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Macy's and Bloomingdale's, it went against the spirit of the campaign finance law John McCain championed in the Senate, legal experts said.

"The McCain-Feingold law of 2002 specifically banned the use of campaign funds to purchase clothing," said lawyer Brett Kappel. Larry Noble, another Washington lawyer, agreed: "McCain-Feingold was the first statute that prohibited the use of campaign money for clothing."

The Republican National Committee, however, insists a loophole allowed it to spend the money to try to turn the already attractive hockey mom into a cosmopolitan runway model.

Unrepentant McCain campaign insiders insisted that it was smart, too.

More:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/10/22/2008-10-22_republicans_try_to_defend_campaign_money.html

[HereSince1628]

3. It was part of McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform.

I'm not sure if it applies to privately funded campaigns.