The Orange County Register offers this report, which begins: “The California Democratic Party today filed a formal complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) requesting that they begin an immediate investigation into possible violations by Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) of the McCain-Feingold Act. The complaint stems from a large donor fundraising event with Sen. McCain on behalf of Gov. Schwarzenegger scheduled for March 20, 2006 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, where platinum sponsorships go for $100,000. The complaint alleges that Senator McCain violated his own federal campaign finance law which restricts federal officeholders from taking part in such political fundraisers.”