> I think the real solution here is to stop treating corporations like individuals. Stop allowing them to contribute to political campaigns. End soft money. The enron guys were in bed with washington.

Campaign contributions are the weakest way that corps influence DC. Ending it won't matter in the slightest, and neither will public financing.

The only way to keep corps from getting favors from DC is to make sure that DC doesn't have the ability to give favors. Regulatory capture is unavoidable.