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I certainly want campaign finance reform. I just wish this would do it in a way that would stand up to a constitutional challenge.

Nobody wants campaign finance reform more than me. It would save me a fortune.

It starts with campaign finance reform.

But having said that, what's happening with campaign finance reform and our political culture is devastating.

One of the biggest issues for me is campaign finance reform.

Any constitutional amendment that simply gives Congress the option of regulating campaign finance fails to immediately achieve what the American people want, and that is a complete reversal of Citizens United and other Supreme Court decisions that have allowed corporations and the wealthy few to drown out the voices of everyday voters.

I think we have to look at the whole way campaigns are financed. The No. 1 problem is PAC and special-interest money.

The reality is that asking the public to fund political campaigns accomplishes nothing. Candidates continue to seek interest-group support through other channels, both financial and in-kind, and corruption problems abound.

In constant pursuit of money to finance campaigns, the political system is simply unable to function. Its deliberative powers are paralyzed.

I have a lot of stands on a lot of political issues. I'm very big on campaign finance reform. I still think most Americans aren't aware of how the dumping of big corporate dollars and private donor dollars has totally corrupted the political system and taken it away from them.