1.   Although both Bradley and McCain pledged to ban soft money if they are the nominees, only McCain made his pledge unconditional.

2.   And he said his count showed that if the bill banning soft money had come to a vote, it would have been defeated.

3.   Ban soft money.

4.   Banning soft money given by corporations and labor unions but not individuals.

5.   Besides banning soft money, it would limit the ability of outside advocacy groups to run thinly disguised campaign advertisements in the period before elections.

6.   Bradley said that both Gore and Bush favor banning soft money, but have directed their fund-raisers to come up with the unrestricted funds for the general election.

7.   A bill to ban soft money comes before Congress this fall.

8.   A bill to ban soft money is now stalled in the House.

9.   All he has to do to ban soft money is to say yes.

10.   Bush favors banning soft money from corporations and labor unions, but not from individuals.