but i was wondering, apart from the constitutional issues and what the court has said, brian glassactor has asked me to voice a question for him. if you personally think given as you say candidates will always find a way to spend as much money as they have, if we'd be better off if there were an absolute ceiling on campaign expenditures. >> well, that's certainly something that was tried in the '70s as part of fica and the court found those expenditure limits couldn't be squared with the first amendment. they are, of course -- they all do exist in the context of the presidential financing system, but the court found that was acceptable because that is a voluntary program where in exchange for getting the government money, you agree to some expenditures. i think a lot of people do have that question. it has been settled by the courts, at least in the formulation as it was in fica. i think that there are a lot of ideas about what is acceptable and what's not and in the rigors of the law that govern everything in this country, the constitution is our foundational document, that sometimes p