Should we ban the use of attachments in legislation?

Everyone says that one of the best things you can do when researching a candidate to see if they align themselves with your view points is to look at their voting record. It is also one of the most misused tactics of one party trying to discredit another party candidate. The problem I see is that often legislation is put forth containing bargaining chips in the way of attachments, which may ultimately be the deciding factor for the representative to cast his or her vote. The main issue gets the press while the underlying cirstances are largely ignored. Occasionally on snops.com I will see research which brings these instances to light, however for the most part all candidates regardless of their political affiliations get hammered on these biased reports. Must we allow this as a means of clearing the docket or should we insist that legislation be presented on it’s own merit and voted on accordingly with no attachments of unrelated issues. These attachments seem only to favor the special interest groups. Often it is cause for the representative to simply abstain from voting. Yes it may slow down the progress of legislation but perhaps it may force these representatives into taking a firm stance based on the desires of their constituents and sticking with it. Now I’ve posed this question in a BI-Partisan manner so answer respectfully and with intelligence please.