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"We have a historic opportunity to get this done." John McCain knew his moment had arrived: After five years of trying to open the Senate doors to campaign finance reform, he and Russ Feingold would have two weeks of freewheeling Senate debate to secure passage of their bill banning soft money. But as McCain stood in front of a painting depicting the Battle of Lake Erie from the War of 1812, he also knew it could be a bloody fight