John McCain On Barack Obama's "Inflate Our Tires" Energy Plan

"We need oil drilling and we need it now offshore. We need it now. [Barack Obama] has consistently opposed it. ... The only thing I've heard him say is that we should inflate our tires." -- John McCain

John McCain
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Panama City, FL
August 1, 2008

John McCain: "We need oil drilling and we need it now offshore. We need it now. [Barack Obama] has consistently opposed it. He has opposed nuclear power. He has opposed reprocessing. He has opposed storage. The only thing I've heard him say is that we should inflate our tires. So he has no plan for addressing the energy challenges that we face. And we need drilling everywhere that the states and the governors, such as in the state of Florida, approve of."

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Background:

Barack Obama Said That To Save On Energy Americans Can Inflate Their Tires. BARACK OBAMA: "There are things that you can do individually though to save energy; making sure your tires are properly inflated, simple thing, but we could save all the oil that they're talking about getting off drilling, if everybody was just inflating their tires and getting regular tune-ups. You could actually save just as much." (Barack Obama, Springfield, MO, 7/30/08)

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