"For example, if I were running for a relatively high office that took a lot of funds to compete, I'd openly take funds from any legal source. And that might ma

"For example, if I were running for a relatively high office that took a lot of funds to compete, I'd openly take funds from any legal source. And that might make me more inclined to meet with those organizations over given issues. However, it would be up to me to decide what is best for my constituents in my votes/actions over specific things." It's a feature, not a bug...applied empirically to the modern electoral mechanism.