Hoist By Own Petard (HBOP) Department

So current members of Congress are actually taking classes to learn about the requirements of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law – yes, the very law that these same Congresscritters passed last year. Many of them have been surprised to find out what kind of monster they actually passed. Radley Balko has some choice commentary. I think this is the best thing to happen since Bill Clinton signed a sexual harassment law that allowed defendants to be interrogated about their previous sexual history – and ended up being grilled about his own.