McCain and soft money

Sen. McCain has called today's Washington Post article a "hit job." The revelations that the finance co-chair of his campaign has raised millions of additional dollars for an independent 527 effort seems to fly in the face of the "evasion" arguments we hear so much from the dedicated campaign finance reform movement in DC. Should a person who has been dedicated to eradicating soft money be this closely aligned with a financer of soft money that will almost assuredly aid his presidential ambitions? (rehtorical question... blogger's privilege) It's too soon to tell if this will be a big deal or not. Needless to say, there is nothing illegal about this activity, but we shall see if there is additional political fallout. The straight talk express is hitting some early potholes, it seems...