The Washington Post's Ruth Marcus has a column today on our current campaign finance system, the well-known and accepted influence peddling that results, and the need to change the system with the Fair Elections Now Act.  "Washington operates on the tacit understanding that campaign contributions grease the way for access and influence. Both sides in this transaction, lawmaker and donor, perceive, or at least present, themselves as the victim: elected officials as captives of a system that demands incessant fundraising; donors as the target of a none-too-subtle shakedown scheme."   For the full column, click here.