Since the FEC doesn’t have a quorum, there is no controlling legal authority requiring me to abide by the laws I helped write.
Paul Kiel of TPM Muckraker picks up the money quote, from a Republican election lawyer interviewed by Matthew Mosk and Glenn Kessler of the Washington Post: McCain’s position is “like saying you’re going to break into houses because the sheriff is out of town.”
To borrow a line from Hillary Clinton, the next nine months could be “the fun part.”
