Finance reformer has huge war chest

The Boston Globe reports:

Representative Martin T. Meehan has gained national exposure in recent years as a champion of efforts to reduce the influence of money in politics. Now, the Lowell Democrat is poised to achieve a new distinction: He is days away from becoming the only House member in the nation with a campaign war chest that tops $5 million, with an eye on a possible run for the Senate.

At the end of 2005, Meehan's campaign reported having $4.97 million on hand -- some $2 million more than any of the other 434 House members, and $2.7 million more than any of the nine other representatives from Massachusetts. A pair of fund-raisers Meehan hosts Saturday in his Merrimack Valley district should bring in enough to push Meehan's campaign account past $5 million

Finance reform is nothing other than a scam to keep incumbents in power.It certainly doesn't make us here at Newsalert feel that laws become more legitimate because of supposed "cleaner campaign laws".Meehan is a guy that understands limiting the right to criticize politicians before elections helps incumbents.