Sir Elton, the FEC, and you

When Elton John performed at a Radio City fundraiser for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (D-N.Y.) candidacy last month, neither the entertainer nor the campaign likely foresaw the legal implications. But for the author of the hit “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,” the ensuing hue and cry brought to mind another theme from “The Wizard of Oz”: When it comes to federal campaign finance law, “we’re not in Kansas anymore.”

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