Bradley and McCain support a similar set of reforms. The former New Jersey senator has said he would also support public financing of campaigns.
Bradley is also rejecting contributions from political action committees (PACs) during his campaign, saying taking contributions he would try to ban would diminish his ability to lead on campus finance reform.
"You can't have compromised on your way to the White House."
For both candidates, the heart of the matter lies with what is known as soft money.
The federal government sets dollar limits on how much individuals and political committees can contribute to specific candidates, but many of these limits do not apply to the national parties.
According to the guidelines set by the Federal Election Commission (FEC), the each party "operates under [their] own set of contribution limits." In other words, contributions can be made in any amount to national political parties from individuals, groups or PACs.
As a result, wealthy donors and corporations have given hundreds of thousands of dollars in soft money to political parties--an attempt to gain political influence in the eyes of campaign finance reform proponents.
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