61.  Both Lazio and Clinton have pledged to abide by a ban on soft money if the opposition does so first.

62.  Both men spent enormous sums on an almost relentlessly negative campaign fueled by huge amounts of soft money.

63.  Both parties are expanding their use of issue advertisements to make use of their soft money.

64.  Both parties are scrambling to raise enough of this regulated hard money so that they can spend their soft money.

65.  Both parties used soft money for issue advertising to promote their presidential candidates.

66.  Both parties used soft money to finance advertising campaigns virtually indistinguishable from those financed by hard money.

67.  Both political parties are racing to raise as much soft money as possible before the law takes effect.

68.  Both Republican presidential candidate Gov. George W. Bush and Democratic hopeful Albert Gore have supported overhaul plans although neither has foresworn soft money.

69.  Bradley criticized Gore and Bush, the Republican front-runner, for urging a ban on all soft money while at the same time plotting how to use it.

70.  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.