Maybe you’ve noticed the ruckus on The Next Right, RedState, Congressman Culberson’s Twitter feed, and others (Sunlight Foundation has a long post on it, too) about draft Franking Commission rules that might limit what can and cannot be posted online. It sounds almost too awful to be true.

Check out Congressman Mike Capuano’s statement about the rules. Here are the main points:

First, the ONLY item we seek to address is LOOSENING existing rules to allow Members to post videos as a first step toward making the rules meet our constituents’ expectations regarding how they communicate with us in the 21st century. . . .

We are not currently seeking to address anything other than video – not blog postings, online chats or any other written form of communication anywhere on the internet. . . .

Our only concern is commercialization – not imposing limits on free speech.