McCain Praises Environmental Project He Voted Against

Sen. John McCain's environmental legacy in Arizona may be inexorably linked with the fate of a narrow ribbon of Fremont cottonwoods and willows lining the diminutive San Pedro River, the last free-flowing, wild river in the desert Southwest.

McCain has repeatedly expressed strong support for saving the San Pedro River, which he describes as a "national treasure" whose loss would be a "national disaster." His statements about preserving the most biologically diverse wildlife corridor in the United States have burnished his maverick reputation for he is embracing a conservation ethic that appears far more moderate than current Republican norms. But looking beyond McCain's words, an examination of his legislative actions on the San Pedro River reveals a very different attitude.

Since the early 1990s, scientists have warned that ground water pumping by the burgeoning communities near the Army's Fort Huachuca threatens to dry up the San Pedro. Yet when McCain faced a crucial vote in 2003 about whether to protect the San Pedro River or assure the long-term presence of Fort Huachuca and its high-desert boom towns, McCain voted to save the base. At the river's expense, McCain voted to exempt the fort from a key provision of the Endangered Species Act.

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Comments

[MACS]

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Is this a flop or a flip??
They come soo fast that I can not keep track of the score.

[naijaman]

John McCain once again is losing his bearings. Of course, the lapdog media won't call him on it.

[levibatgirl]

Aaaaeeeeeh. What was that I said yesterday?

Hit me with another round of Ensure!

[obamanation31]

You gotta cut him some slack. He's Old.

[rabprevent]

THIS IS INCREDIBLE THE AMOUNT OF GAFFE THIS DUDE IS ALLOWED TO GET AWAY WITH FROM THE PRESS. OF COURSE THE RIGTH WILL CRY FOUL WITHOUT MENTIONING THAT AS USUAL, HE WAS AGAINST IT BEFORE HE WAS FOR IT.

NOW HE WANTS TO PANDER, TELL MCMORON TO FORM AN ORIGINAL THOUGHT INSTEAD OF REHASHING GW'S POSITION ON EVERYTHING THAT THIS COUNTRY CAN LEAVE WITHOUT

I HOPE THAT THESE PEOPLE IN THAT STATE ARE PAYING ATTENTION AND CAN MAKE CHANGES BY NOT VOTING FOR THIS DUDE IN NOVEMBER

[coba]

this is just sad http://sensico.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/mccain-versus-the-internet/

[Vige]

Exactly how long has this man been disconnected from the memory cells in his brain? His 95 year old mother has better memory recall than him. Much to his embarrassment many time.