Think that the Supreme Court's January decision in Citizens United v Federal Election Commission will send torrents of corporate political money coursing anonymously through business groups and into campaign advertising? Not US Chamber of Commerce CEO Tom Donahue.

The group does plan to spent money "in a more significant way" in this year's election, he told National Journal in an interview this week, "and of course we will be able to be a little more specific because of the recent decision of the Supreme Court," he said. True, lifting the ban on corporate ads mentioning candidates 60-to 90 days before elections means "you can spend a few more dollars there," Donahue allows. "But you're not going to bring more money in just because you can change what you said" in advertisements under the old regime.

Translation: Corporations and unions had already found ways to effectively sidestep the rules overturned by the Roberts Court.