taxpayer money would be provided for every $1 raised from small donors. make tax returns for presidential candidates public. and independent redistricting of congressional districts. ben? good legislation or bad. it s ridiculous. it s not a piece of legislation that s really meant to be legislation. it s a piece of legislation that s designed to stakeout a position. one thing that you didn t mention in terms of just an assessment of how unfair it is that it changes the makeup of the fec the federal election commission from having six people and evenly balanced situation to five where it would be always skewed in favor of one party over the other. i just think that this is not a responsible piece of legislation. it has no chance of becoming law. chris: let me remind everybody this is the lightning round. i used to say that to krauthammer all the time. it s a mixed bag. there is really off-the-wall stuff that probably wouldn t pass constitutional muster. good stuff for example inde