Bloomberg reports on the BCRA devouring its father (who once said he’d rather have “clean government” than the first amendment):

Obama, 47, became the first major-party nominee to reject federal funding for the general election. He spent $740.6 million, eclipsing the combined $646.7 million that Republican President George W. Bush and Democratic nominee John Kerry spent four years earlier…

McCain spent $227.7 million…McCain, unlike Obama, accepted $84.1 million in public financing for the general election, a decision that barred him from raising money privately. Obama outspent him by a 4-to-1 margin from Sept. 1 through Nov. 24

Question: how would this story be reported if it was the other way round?

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