Maryland group decries campaign finance ruling

A liberal lobbying group in Maryland is denouncing the Supreme Court's campaign finance ruling.

But Progressive Maryland is finding some solace in Thursday's ruling that allows big business to spend as much as it wants to call for the victory or defeat of political candidates.

Sean Dobson, the group's executive director, says the ruling is "absurd."

But he says it establishes that the only kind of campaign finance reform capable of withstanding judicial challenge is voluntary, public funding of campaigns.

Dobson says that's exactly what his group is advocating in Annapolis.

The measure passed the House in 2006 and nearly passed the Senate last year.