RICO has teeth that may well bite the Republican Party where it sits as well. On exactly the same issue. The Obama campaign is neither the Gore nor the Kerry campaign. Witness that they are not remaining silent in the face of spurious attacks. They are taking actions which is something the McCain campaign did not anticipate. "The campaign" expected the same non-reaction as in the past. Now they will have to prepare to defend themselves and they have precious little time to do that which they did not anticipate.