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It was recently reported that Hillary Rodham Clinton is the biggest spender—of taxpayer money—of any freshman senator ever. So, she continues to “make history.”

President Bush signed campaign-finance reform without the traditional signing ceremony. A White House aide told the Washington Post, “The president is not a hypocrite. It would have been completely inconsistent with his position on the bill to have some big South Lawn ceremony with ruffles and flourishes.” We think we get it. Ruffles and flourishes are reserved for when the president signs bills that are constitutional.

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It was recently reported that Hillary Rodham Clinton is the biggest spender—of taxpayer money—of any freshman senator ever. So, she continues to “make history.”

President Bush signed campaign-finance reform without the traditional signing ceremony. A White House aide told the Washington Post, “The president is not a hypocrite. It would have been completely inconsistent with his position on the bill to have some big South Lawn ceremony with ruffles and flourishes.” We think we get it. Ruffles and flourishes are reserved for when the president signs bills that are constitutional.