“A McCain campaign ad says that gas prices are high right now because “some in Washington are still saying no to drilling in America.” That’s just plain dishonest: the U.S. government’s own Energy Information Administration says that removing restrictions on offshore drilling wouldn’t lead to any additional domestic oil production until 2017, and that even at its peak the extra production would have an “insignificant” impact on oil prices.

What’s even more important than Mr. McCain’s bad economics, however, is what his reversal on this issue — he was against offshore drilling before he was for it — says about his priorities.”

DISHONEST JOHN… kinda sums it all up.

You’re kidding Paul Krugman.. ROFL

And gee, golly gosh, how about this tidbit from the world of Big Oil:

“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. Oil and gas industry executives and employees donated $1.1 million to McCain last month — three-quarters of which came after his June 16 speech calling for an end to the ban — compared with $116,000 in March, $283,000 in April and $208,000 in May.”

Way to go, John!! Good to see you on the Bush Big Oil Team!!

You obviously edited out whatever Obama said before this snippet.

And what’s McCain’s energy plan? Give us a federal gas tax holiday for a couple of months? That’ll save us 18 cents a gallon IF the oil companies just don’t raise their prices to glom onto that tax break themselves. Isn’t that what the big complaint was about Obama’s oil profiteering tax? That oil companies would just pass the cost on to consumers? Remember, even though Exxon Mobil just posted the largest corporate profit EVER, $11.7 billion, it was less than Wall Street had projected. Oh yeah, offshore drilling. That’ll help long after McCain is dead and gone.