Campaign contributions from oil industry executives to Sen. John McCain rose dramatically in the last half of June, after the senator from Arizona made a high-profile split with environmentalists and reversed his opposition to the federal ban on offshore drilling. Full Story »
Posted by Terry Gamble
An important piece in conjunction with the debate about the ramifications of offshore drilling and energy policy. As soon as McCain changed his position and started to support offshore oil drilling, campaign dollars from the industry followed. Not mentioned is the fact that the strategy of promoting drilling carries the false promise of mitigating gas prices in the near term. Following the oil-drenched politics of the Bush administration, McCain's reversal should be looked at closely.
