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...Monday McCain was killed by a friend, on Tuesday it was his turn to kill one. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, fellow war hero, was one of the only Senators at McCain's side during his ill-fated presidential bid. Yet now he was the one standing in McCain's way. Hagel was sponsor of an alternative bill that instead of banning soft money would limit it: his measure would allow couples to donate $540,000 in each two-year election cycle to candidates and parties, not much of a brake on the current system. McCain and Feingold knew that Hagel...
...surprise that last week, as McCain launched yet another attempt, the bouquet of flowers he received came not just from a Republican but from one sponsoring a rival bill that could kill McCain's. "It was a big day for John," says Nebraska's Chuck Hagel, who sent the flowers. A fellow Vietnam veteran, Hagel addressed the card to Captain McCain and signed it Sergeant Hagel...
...between the starchy conservative Orrin Hatch and the overstuffed liberal Ted Kennedy seemed real at first, then devolved into an obvious put-on and finally ended in a hug as the gallery broke into applause. Similarly, after the Democrats' floor manager, Chris Dodd, gave an impassioned speech on Friday, Hagel dismissed him as a fine Irish actor--and they too smoothed their differences with...
...fate of the measure seems to be riding on whether and by how much to raise the hard-money limits. Hagel, whose alternative bill limiting but not banning soft money has the quiet support of the White House, told TIME he is ready to offer his measure if no deal emerges. Another battle looms over the bill's provision barring unions, corporations and interest groups from running "issue ads" for or against candidates close to Election Day. Opponents of the bill are also expected to try to plant a time bomb called "non-severability," which ensures that if any part...
...Consider this: The day before it was to pass the Senate, Chuck Hagel - who saw his own rival bill go down to McCain's last week - casually noted on CNN that McCain didn't sit on the Rules Committee, which had jurisdiction over the bill, so he didn't have a legitimate claim to sit on any committee that resolves differences between the House and Senate versions. To which top Senate Democrat Tom Daschle, appearing on CBS, replied that he would appoint McCain to the necessary committee - in one of the Democratic slots - if the Republicans refused...