First on McCain's voting record on the environment people need to look at his record. His lifetime rating from the League of Conservation Voters is a dismal 24 percent, and he's generally more likely to side with miners, developers, and loggers than the EPA. Then he also just traded off prime National lands in Arizona for used up farm lands. The trade will benefit a lobbyist supporter of McCain and cost the state millions and create a water shortage in the area. From the "McCain Pushed Land Swap That Helps Backer"
Washington Post..."the public would not receive fair value" for its land. A formal appraisal has not yet begun. A town official opposed to the swap said other Yavapai Ranch land sold nine years ago for about $2,000 per acre, while some of the prime commercial land near a parcel that the developers will get has brought as much as $120,000 per acre.

The "straight talk express"!?!?

He better get as far away from BUSH as he can and fast...BUSH is the KISS OF DEATH for the GOP..He is the lowest scum on the face of the earth.

Oh boy! I hope that this does not hurt Johns chances, everyone just loves President Bushs enviromental policies.

What? 2:28 … You are correct in that McCain is smart to select issues that make him look better. Progress Punch gives him ca. a 27 rating on his environmnetal votes in general, and a 55 rating on global warming, specifically. Obama and Clinton have 92+ ratings on their enviromental voting records.

Wouldn't it be nice if "global warming" was actually discussed, analyzed and/or proven/disproven by actual scientists instead of "environmentalists",... where did these people get their degrees anyway,... business college,... on-line diploma factories? The most important part of the scientific method is independently confirmed experimental proof. They have none. Its an opinion, a beleif, and like all beliefs, should never be used to destroy a culture, imprison people, destroy wealth, or justify wars,... oh, wait, that's what religion is for,... maybe the enviro-nazi's should have themselves declared a religion, then they'd be protected. Until then, vote AGAINST ANYBODY who buys the lie.

To those of you who mistakenly label McCain a "NeoConservative" or a "NeoCon", you couldn't be more wrong. McCain tends to drift towards the liberal viewpoint on most issues. The man is actually what I'd consider a traditional Democrat, rather than the pond scum socialists like Obama that have polluted and corrupted your once semi-honorable party. May socialism die an early death!

I'm voting for McCain since I just love punishment. Yeah, nothing like a 100 year war, trillions and trillions down a bottomless pit, more and more soldiers dying, total destruction of the economy, paying 20 bucks for a gallon of gas, waiting for the ship to come from overseas because nothing gets made here anymore, health care for the rich, and people everywhere losing their homes. Yeah, a vote for McCain is a vote for McPain.

Good for McCain. This is one area he hasn't flip-flopped on as of yet, but we also remember Bush declaring in 2000 that he would sign Kyoto. Still, McCain has a solid track record on support for global warming mitigation and it's good to see politicians on both sides with their heads not in the sand on science.

McCain may be good, let's just hope he doesn't forget where he is, what he said, where he was going. In other words can we live with all those "McCain Moments"?

McCain is no maverick, never was. Now he is simply a old relic from the past, like Nader, that refuses to go away, like Hillary!

Does any one really think he has a chance? Come on, who wants 8 more years of a republican in the white house. NOT gonna happen!

This "environmental " rhetoric from Mccain looks like an attempt to win over some Democrats, and nothing more. McCain can make all the promises he wants about the environment, and then never come through on any of them. What most Americans are concerned about the most is the lousy economy's effect on the middle class, and the money and lives being lost in the idiotic Iraq war.

NewYork, McCain has a good tract on global warming for a Republican. His voting record is not too bad, but hardly a strong one either.

And dont forget that McCain said he wants more justices like Roberts and Alito. These guys will always rule against the people in thier decisions. Like the no knock warrent searches and allowing the use of illegally obtained evidence for prosecution.

Wow, there are some pretty bad comments about all three presidential candidates. The only reason Hillary is being given such a rough time is the long-standing hate campaign against women...it began so long ago with the editing of the Bible, got worse during the time of James I of England, with some more Bible editing and a whole lot of witch burnings, and continued through the 20th century, finally women got to vote (keep in mind black male voters got that right first, though it was not necessarily de facto..)and now Hillary is being denegrated almost like a "witch." White male persecutors will get theirs own day...I hope it's this November!

if he would break from bush on the war and on tax cuts for the wealthy he would win this fall but he wont so he will lose . america wants the war over and wants the rich to pay there fair share.

McCains only chance to win is to distance himself from Bush. In the end it all comes down to the numbers.
The war in Iraq, the stock market is down, unemployment is up, the national deficit is rising, our infrastructure is crumbling, and the dollar is falling.
Obveiously the policys implimented during the Bush administration have not been succesfull.

Questions to McCain and Obama per below:

Questions for McCain [Iain Murray]

On his energy/climate policy, George Will has two great questions:

• You say that even if global warming turns out to be no crisis (the World Meteorological Organization says global temperatures have not risen in a decade), even unnecessary measures taken to combat it will be beneficial because "then all we've done is give our kids a cleaner world." But what of the trillions of dollars those measures will cost in direct expenditures and diminished economic growth—hence diminished medical research, cultural investment, etc.? Given that Earth is always warming or cooling, what is its proper temperature, and how do you know?

• You propose a "cap and trade" system to limit the carbon dioxide that many companies can emit. Is not your idea an energy- rationing proposal akin to Bill Clinton's BTU tax?

I'll be adding a few thoughts later on Planet Gore, but these form a good starter for ten. If any answers are forthcoming, they should illuminate much of the rest of the presumptive nominee's approach to the economy.

Sally, I agree, the world's temperature has not risen since 1998 and recently a group of renowned climatologists indicated that the world will be cooling over the next ten to twelve years. So why all the fuss? Especially since all the money going to solve a non problem could be better spent elsewhere solving real problems.

Is McCain in the pocket of OPEC? I ask this since it is more harmful to the environment to ship oil overseas as compared to using modern environmentally friendly drilling methods to get oil here. Shipping oil overseas has already caused a lot of damage due to oil spills. So, again, why is McCain against drilling for oil here since he is supposed to be the security candidate and interested in protecting the environment. Just wondering. Same goes for Obama by the way except Obama may not care as much about security.

the further mccain seperates himself from bush the better, in fact if mccain said he will end the war and reinstate the normal tax code for the ultra rich and make them pay there fair share,mccain would have a 50-50 chance of winning,but if he keeps the war crap and tax cuts for the rich he will lose by 30% or more .

McCain should stand up for what he believes. I will still write in Ron Paul, but whoever comes out of this mess, I pray that they can make the best choices in the interests of all Americans, not just the few that have contributed to them and bought their favor.