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John McCain was the only United States Senator who skipped a vote on an energy bill to channel $13 billion in tax breaks for Big Oil into alternative energy development. The bill came out one vote short -- but Exxon John's friends in Big Oil came out one vote ahead.
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Rescheduled Trip to Oil Rig Comes as Campaign Shows Recent Rebound
IN THE GULF OF MEXICO, Aug. 19 -- Last month, a hurricane and an oil spill derailed Sen. John McCain's visit to an oil rig to tout his support for offshore drilling as a solution to the nation's energy woes.
But on Tuesday, his luck improved. Hurricane Fay stayed well to the southeast, giving McCain clear skies for the hour-long helicopter flight to the Genesis oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
Standing on the Chevron-operated oil rig, which produces more than 10,000 barrels of oil per day, the presumptive Republican nominee declared that, as president, he would open the nation's coasts to expanded drilling in a effort to lower gas prices and reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil. [...]
Associated Press Video: From Oil Platform, McCain Touts Drilling
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