[joshuahedlund]

I'm glad the subhead of the article made the joke we were all thinking as soon as we read the title on HN so none of us has to make it.

Too bad it sounds like there's no actual proof that he's talking about SOPA/PIPA, although it would be pretty hard to argue otherwise. If true would Gore be the most notable politician to come out against these acts? (As much as some of us might wish otherwise, it's not all that notable for Ron Paul to come out against it.)

[danso]

No, of the current politicians, Nancy Pelosi is the most notable to come out against it:

http://sopaopera.org/P000197/ (entire list at http://sopaopera.org)

I'd also argue that Sen. Rand Paul is more prominent than Ron Paul because he's a Senator...at least in terms of real influence. He's 1 out of 100 votes; a filibuster of the Senate variant of SOPA needs 40 votes.

[nextparadigms]

Senator Ron Wyden has already promised a filibuster for PIPA.

[chc]

The point is that without 40 more people on his side, they can just shut down Wyden's filibuster as soon as it starts.