Free Speech vs. McCain and Company

Freedom of speech is the defining characteristic of a society in which political change can occur peacefully.

Yaron Brook, director of the Ayn Rand Institute, has a timely and important op-ed in today’s Forbes.com titled “War On Free Political Speech,” in which he answers common arguments for campaign finance restrictions. Here are the opening paragraphs:

This presidential campaign will be, by far, the most expensive in U.S. history. And it is ironic that John M…