As Tim Kaine’s 2012 Senate campaign apparatus grinds into gear, money is sure to play a big part, and the campaign is going to be taking it from lobbyists and political action committees – which, as the Post notes, would mark a bit of a departure from the former Virginia governor’s tenure as chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee sent out an email Monday blasting Kaine for “reversing himself” on the issue — though with potential opponent George Allen’s already-sizable war chest, one can see why the (other) former governor may not want to count on $25 checks from individual voters to get him across the finish line.