John McCain's not going to be bothered by anything like campaign finance rules. Limits aren't for this maverick.

John McCain has officially broken the limits imposed by the presidential public financing system, according to spending reports filed last week by the campaign.

The senator from Arizona has spent $58.4 million on his Republican primary effort. Those who have committed to public financing can spend no more than $54 million on their primary bid.

Oops! But never mind, when you're a maverick, the spending limits don't apply. At least that's what McCain's lawyers say. See, McCain was all for public financing of his caampaign before he was against it. He says that he withdrew from the public matching fund. There's just this little problem with the FEC who has yet to grant his request to withdraw because they don't have enough information about that $4 million loan he took out against the collateral of public funds. The DNC still has a pending complaint against McCain on that issue.