| According to CREW, John McCain is the single biggest recipient of money from big oil. See: http://opensecrets.org/pres08/...
Given that McCain is now trying to wriggle out of public financing so he can take even more money from big donors and lobbyists, can we assume that his flip-flop on offshore drilling off the Gulf Coast has anything to do with his donor base? But I guess this is what 3/4 of a million dollars collected in $2300 chunks and bundled by high-powered lobbyists will get you.
So I ask, are we that cheap? If that's all that it takes to overturn a ban implemented by the first President Bush almost 20 years ago, then that is money well spent by industry.
Coming soon: why offshore drilling is an economic loser, an ecological disaster waiting to happen, and why it will continue our addiction to foreign oil and greenhouse gases, not ease us off them.
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