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August 05, 2008 5:49 PM

ABC News’s Bret Hovell reports: With the cooling towers of the Enrico Fermi nuclear plant in the background, Sen. John McCain called for an expanded push into nuclear power, reiterating his plan to drill for oil off shore, and criticizing his rival for the White House for his energy policies.

McCain seemed to be referring to charges Obama made today, as well as in a recent ad, in which the Democrat accused the Republican of being in the pocket of Big Oil because of campaign contributions made to his campaign. (Similar contributions were made to Obama, but in lesser total amounts.)

McCain’s response seemed to be answering a slightly different charge.

“I think he might be a little confused,” McCain said with a chuckle. “Because when the energy bill came to the floor of the Senate, full of goodies and breaks for the oil companies, I voted against it, Senator Obama voted for it.”

“People care not only what you say but how you vote,” McCain said.

McCain also reiterated his “all of the above” approach to solving the energy crisis, he plugged off-shore drilling hard, and he criticized Senator Obama’s apparent flip-flop on that issue.

“I noticed that there’s confusing, now, information from Senator Obama as to whether he actually supports off-shore drilling or not,” McCain said. “The fact is that we have to drill here and we have to drill now, and we have to dill immediately.”

And he again called on Congress to come back from recess to work on the energy crisis, and asked Obama to do the same.

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I really like McCain the more I Look at his Energy Policy. Obama is way off the mark. Obama will lead us into depression. McCain has the right answers to get the economy rolling again.

Energy is the basis of a strong economy. We need all the energy we can get as low priced as possible because we can make a profit on energy. McCain is the one for me.

Posted by: DemocratNoMore2 | Aug 5, 2008 5:56:44 PM

McBunny?

Posted by: Thinking | Aug 5, 2008 5:56:55 PM

McCain given a warm welcome by Americans at Stugis. Obama ditches American Soldiers to be with cheering Germans

Posted by: Thinking, | Aug 5, 2008 6:02:51 PM

Smart Stagecraft. McCain shows up at the only nuclear power plant that almost destroyed Detroit.

Posted by: Chris | Aug 5, 2008 6:13:59 PM

Wasn't the movie the "China Syndrome" based upon a nuclear accident at this nuclear power plant.

It almost DESTROYED Detroit.

Stupid move by McCain

Posted by: Paul | Aug 5, 2008 6:22:20 PM

McCain SHOULD hammer away at the energy issue. American people are CLEARLY with him on this issue. Pelosi was DUMB to shut down debate on the offshore issue. It has HURT OBAMA and will continue to do so. Oil industry leaders say that if permits are not held up we could see oil results with three years with the added effect of lowering oil prices set by OPEC. If speculators are made to come up with fifty percent cash, prices will drop some more. CONGRESS NEEDS TO GO BACK TO WORK ON THIS ISSUE BIGTIME AND .... RIGHT NOW!! Of course Obama seems to have wavered AGAIN on offshore drilling, so WHO KNOWS WHAT HIS OIL POLICY IS? I FORGOT - HIT BIG OIL WITH A WINDFALL PROFITS TAX AND GIVE EVERYBODY A THOUSAND BUCKS, BRILLIANT - GREAT WAY TO PRODUCE MORE OIL. OBAMA'S IDEA TO RELEASE SOME OF OUR RESERVES ISN'T TO BRIGHT EITHER - PROBABLE FLARE-UP WITH IRAN COULD SHUT DOWN MIDEAST OIL TOMORROW - WE NEED TO KEEP THOSE RESERVES INTACT - ALL OF IT. OBAMA,PEPOSI AND REED - WHAT A TEAM!!!

Posted by: Manitu | Aug 5, 2008 6:30:02 PM

Does McCain understand that you just can't run out and build 45 nuclear power plants? It will take years to get through all the regulatory red tape and then, where do you put them? And where do put the nuclear waste? As the people in Nevada (Yucca Mountain) know, nuclear power sounds like a good idea but it also has risks. Obama understands this. He's also for expanded nuclear power as long as we figure out how to safely dispose of the waste.

Posted by: Mike | Aug 5, 2008 6:30:20 PM

Great move by McCain...
it highlights that if we want to get off OPEC and their cartel, we need to do something here like nuclear power, that, sorry to burst your bubble liberals, it is safe!

only one accident and it was contained!

you show ANY other industry that only has had one mayor accident.....lol...! can't do it!

McCain has the answer and Obama has the same old song and dance of the democrats...conserve! It is 1978 all over again and Jimmy Carter wearing a sweater telling us to turn down the thermostats and freeze at home…lol…pathetic!

McCain is it ladies and gentlemen….he is it.

Posted by: Louis | Aug 5, 2008 6:35:33 PM

The Japanese leaked over 300 gallons of radioactive water into the Sea of Japan just last year following an earthquake.France found radioactive water leaking into their ground water and over 100 cases of employee exposure to radiation.The UK in 1995 did an extensive study on the cost effectiveness of nuclear power to decrease carbon emissions and found it least cost effective.The mining and shipping of uranium were at such a high cost that taxes would need to be increased and CO2 emissions would negate the gains of the plant due to the ongoing mining and shipment of uranium.

Posted by: joseph marcucilli | Aug 5, 2008 6:40:37 PM

About time! Go nuclear energy, the only future, unlimited and clean.

Posted by: fact check | Aug 5, 2008 6:40:57 PM

Riddle me this..

What does nuclear energy have to do with oil?

Second, I agree that all energy resources should be explored. And if you read the studies, nuclear is by far the most cost prohibitive.

Read up on the Rocky Mountain Institutes studies.

Posted by: PSC | Aug 5, 2008 6:42:52 PM

Wow its amazing the people dont know that offshore drilling is useless....stop believing movies people by the time we could get offshore drilling going we will already have viable electric cars...20 YEARS to save 20 cents a gallon. Dont listen to everything you hear and do some independent research..I know its work but its the only way you can make a good decision. How quickly do you think you can put an oil rig up? PS what you saw in the movie armagedon wasnt real either. Find the truth yourself dont expect people to tell it to you...especially not these news agency's. There in one or the others pockets too.

Posted by: Joe | Aug 5, 2008 6:43:04 PM

McCain, how on earth do you propose drilling off-shore right now? Current rig supply pushes any possibility for drilling to 2019. Research it folks. This is all politics. McAint and Hussien O. are one in the same. Get some smarts people and vote 3rd (2nd) party.

Posted by: bushman | Aug 5, 2008 6:43:22 PM

McCain is such a liar. He is just like his best buddy Bush. I voted for McCain in the 2000 primary. He is now the poster child for the lying, manipulative Republican machine. I don't know how he sleeps at night knowing what a Rovian campaign he's running.

Posted by: joan | Aug 5, 2008 6:43:41 PM

"With the cooling towers of the Enrico Fermi nuclear plant in the background"

The plant that had the first nuclear problem, the one that coined the phrase "china syndrome" was chosen by McCain to speak about nuclear safety, the only thing missing in this fantasy was Britany and Paris or maybe McCain is still looking for Moses.

Posted by: JR | Aug 5, 2008 6:46:27 PM

One way to prove that nuclear power is safe is to have a storage for nuclear waste in the basement of congress.They could also put a plant right next to John McCain's house.If he would support this proposal I will support the idea.

Posted by: joseph marcucilli | Aug 5, 2008 6:50:46 PM

Yeah... Which one of you McBush supporters wants the nuclear waste in YOUR back yard. McBush has resorted to baseless gimmicks as solutions. The problem is that the people who support him are so god awful stupid they can't figure it out.

Oh, and by the way, Uranium is NOT a renewable resource. The only way out of this, you idiots, is solar and wind.

Posted by: Fred | Aug 5, 2008 6:51:21 PM

McCain talking makes me sleepy. He keeps on droaning his same ole same ole. He is losing his mind, he cannot even remember his own positions. He is a joke. If he wins you will have to live with his crap policies.

Posted by: Timbo | Aug 5, 2008 6:53:47 PM

DR NoObama Isn't as bright as I thought. He has hitched his star to those EVEN LEFT OF HIM and the American people are waking up to all of the gobbledygook, NOW, OBAMA HAS APPARENTLY PICKED UP MORE BAGGAGE WITH PELOSI AND REED!! HIS ENERGY POLICY (OR RATHER, LACK OF) WILL HURT BIGTIME IN NOV!!

Posted by: Temagami | Aug 5, 2008 6:56:34 PM

Obama understands this. He's also for expanded nuclear power as long as we figure out how to safely dispose of the waste.

Posted by: Mike | Aug 5, 2008 6:30:20 PM
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He understood nothing, nada, zero-bama.

All he could come up with for his long-term energy policy was 1 million electric plug-ins, and making you to use 15% less energy (there goes your new home theatre). He thinks this will solve you foreign oil-dependence, wait, plus if you inflate your tires.

Did he forget to mention, and deliberately not to mention (which is deception), or have no clue that 80% of electricity in this country was generated by burning coals and natural gas, which will generate more green gas than Al Gore could ever dreamed of?

Building 0, fittingly to Zero-bama, nuclear power plants is not for nuclear energy.

Posted by: fact check | Aug 5, 2008 6:57:07 PM

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