MCAIN: "Oil drilling offshore now is vital so we can bridge the gap between imported oil ... and it will reduce the price of a barrel of oil. ... We've got to drill offshore and do it now."THE FACTS: The government estimates that opening the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and eastern Gulf of Mexico to drilling "will not have a significant impact on domestic crude oil and natural gas production or prices before 2030." (www. eia. gov) Even then, it would only increase domestic oil production by 3 percent.Since he refuses to vote for alternative energy unless it involves drilling, I guess this is Sen. McCain's energy plan?I think Sen. Obama was more specific on his tax plan, and the difference between Sen. McCain, who would give his biggest cut to the top 5%. (Tax Policy Center)Sen. Obama also scored points on health care, being more specific on his plan, and being direct to the false statements made about his plan. While Sen. McCain called health care a responsibility, Sen. Obama followed the standard set by Sen. Ted Kennedy calling it a right. Also, making clear that you can keep your private insurance under Sen. Obama's plan. And Sen. McCain thought he scored a point by saying "we still haven't heard how much that fine is", it's because there is no fine! (factcheck. org)As far as foreign policy, Sen. Obama again surprised the 'experts'. Sen. McCain said we should "talk small", so Obama throws Sen. McCain's own comments about Iran, N. Korea, and "Baghdad's next" at him. On Iraq specifically, bringing up the judgment by Sen. McCain to agree taking resources from Afghanistan to invade Iraq was strong. With the reasons for invading Iraq proven false, and Sen. McCain saying it would be cheap and quick, and saying we would "muddle through" in Afghanistan, and now the situation much worse in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and Sen. McCain saying "I know how to get bin Laden" and yet he won't tell anyone? How can McCain attack Obama's judgment after this?So two debates down, and only four weeks until election day, and the only policy Sen. McCain has proven he'd change from the last 8 years is on global warming? Don't get me wrong, I give him credit for this, but there has to be more. We need change in our economic policy and foreign policy right now, and these are the issues that blur Pres. Bush and Sen. McCain together, as well as this notion that the only way to break from oil, is by drilling for more oil? As Sen. Biden said today, "you can't be a maverick, when you've always been a sidekick".
And another debate without Sen. McCain mentioning the 'middle class', not even once?
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