McCain touts drilling agenda from oil platform

Courtesy MSNBC.com: Environment  Tue, 08/19/2008 - 14:21

Republican presidential candidate, Sen.<br /><br />John McCain, R-Ariz., left, looks at the fish in the ocean with press secretary Brooke Buchanan during a tour the Chevron Genesis Oil Rig Platform in the Gulf of Mexico near New Orleans, La.<br /><br />Tuesday.Republican presidential candidate John McCain visited an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday to call for increased offshore drilling that he claims would lower the cost of food and heating homes.



 

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