Obama should never make any campaign spending agreement with McCain.

(Via AMERICAblog: A great nation deserves the truth.)

John McCain, the one-time champion of campaign finance reform, is a campaign finance criminal. He scammed the public financing system last year, but the scam backfired because McCain is stuck in it now according to the Federal Elections Commission. And, McCain has busted the public finance system spending cap, which is a criminal offense.

There is absolutely no way Barack Obama should get entangled in any sort of campaign finance agreement with McCain. No way. McCain has shown he can’t be trusted. Jake Tapper reported last night that Obama is thinking differently about the way money is raised for the general election:

“We have created a parallel public financing system where the American people decide if they want to support a campaign they can get on the Internet and finance it, and they will have as much access and influence over the course and direction of our campaign that has traditionally been reserved for the wealthy and the powerful,” Obama said.

Good. Obama is right. He has changed the way money is raised for campaigns. But, above and beyond that, McCain’s law-breaking is an absolute game-changer.

Now, the traditional media being the McCain sycophants that they are, will try to make it seem like Obama owes it to McCain to enter the public campaign finance system. Meanwhile, the traditional media, being the McCain sycophants that they are, will continue to ignore McCain’s campaign finance illegalities.

Obama doesn’t owe McCain a thing. McCain can’t be trusted on this issue. And, that should end the discussion. If McCain wants the campaign to be about campaign finance, so be it. McCain is the scammer and the criminal.