Two profiles of campaign finance reformers' bete noire, Senator Mitch McConnell -- the first in Slate and the second in The American Prospect -- tell us as much about the publications as they do about the subject. One is a subtle analysis that traces the senator's evolution from a Republican apparatchik who only opposed reform proposals that could hurt his party to a First Amendment absolutist who now fights against reform that may well help the GOP. The other simply uses the senator's voting history to hang a "Hypocrite" sign around his neck. Care to guess which is which?
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