TBF that always sounded to me like a “careful what you wish for” kind of law. I mean sure, you don’t want to subsidize someone campaigning for a different office and leaving the job you’re paying them for in the hands of understudies, but at the same time you are putting hurdles on some potential contenders that others don’t have, and it was really an anti-challengers provision from those already in office.
Apparently it’s not just now that they started talking about it, Ron simply has made it timely