Obama's Hypocrisy on Public Financing

Amanda Carpenter | April 09, 2008 11:26 AM

It would make sense for someone who says he supports the public financing of campaigns to use public financing, right?

Not if you're Barack Obama

Obama, who raised $40 million all on his own in March, pledged to use it if he and the GOP nominee could reach a "fundraising truce" but now appears to be backing off that pledge

according to ABC's Jake Tapper.