John McCain Broke the Law. Want to Do Something?

You know, when I found out it was definite that John McCain broke a campaign finance law, I rolled my eyes, and I dutifully reported it here. I commented, and believe, that nothing will come of this. Law or no law, it'll be a little blip, and go hardly noticed by anybody. Republicans who have broken far bigger laws have been skating left and right.

But after thinking about it, I realized that if this were Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton, the shrieks from right-wing talk radio and FOX "News" would be deafening. And then I got this email, offering a place to make a bigger deal out of this if you want to. Want to?

[Excerpt from Email]

John McCain is breaking the law.

When McCain's presidential campaign was in trouble, he opted-in to public financing through the primary, limiting him to a $54 million spending cap.

But laws aren't for "mavericks"... McCain's latest spending report, filed by his own campaign, shows he has spent in excess of $58 million so far -- a public admission by his own hand that he has broken the law.We filed a formal complaint to Federal Election Commission yesterday, and we want you to sign-on for a second delivery of signatures later this week.

Please read and co-sign the letter to the FEC right now.

http://action.firedoglake.com/mccainfec