Gee, Russ, call that kettle black

The La Crosse Trib edit board weighed in on Obama rejecting public monies for his campaign.

The most exciting aspects of Barack Obama’s campaign are the idealism of his message (which has appealed to millions of young people) and the notion that he is different from most politicians.

Unfortunately, his decision to reject public financing and continue his wildly successful Internet fundraising effort calls into question both of those qualities

The Illinois Democrat has said the public financing system enacted in the wake of the Watergate scandals of the 1970s is “broken,” and that he needs to raise much more money to combat the expected Republican independently-financed smear campaign...

But that doesn’t justify Obama’s decision to become the first presidential candidate to reject public financing and the spending limits that go along with it.

My favorite is our own candidate McCain's partner in crime, Senator Feingold, and what he had to say.

Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold, who has worked very hard to reform campaign finance laws (italics mine), said of Obama’s rejection of public financing, “This is not a good decision. While the current public financing system for the presidential primaries is broken, the system for the general election is not. The entire system must be updated.” So get to work and fix it.

You are the one who's worked so very hard for campaign finance reform, after all.