fcc decision that was something brought by james bopp.has sort of pioneered this strategy and it has been incredibly effective. he is a large part of why we are in this political environment we have now. >> further in your article, you said you believe all of this deregulation of campaign financing is a direct outgrowth of the culture wars. could you explain that? >> yes, i mean, the culture wars have -- obviously, they've been chugging along for decades now. it is an incredibly divisive. it is a reason why we have come in know, massive conservative movement and yet people in the middle of the country who seemingly vote against their own economic interests, as tom frank has written, for instance, in the past. james bopp just recognized he could go about tackling and taking down campaign finance regulations and loosing this torrent of money in our politics, and he could do is sort of under the guise of national right to life or the national organization for marriage, which is virulently anti-gay marriage. he can do that and people would no