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McCain Pushes Drilling: "Oil Executives Say...We Could Get Results From It" (VIDEO)

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July 22, 2008 05:50 PM


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John McCain addressed a town hall meeting in Rochester, NY, today, and the line that everyone will be talking about, or would, if anyone in the media felt like applying any scrutiny to the McCain campaign, is this:

My friends, we have to drill offshore. We have to do it! Oil executives say within a couple years we could be seeing results from it. So why not do it? We need to do it.

Of course, based upon what we know about who, exactly would benefit from drilling "within a couple years," it's clear that the above transcript needs to be re-punctuated.

My friends, we have to drill offshore. We have to do it! Oil executives say: "Within a couple years we could be seeing results from it." So why not do it? We need to do it.

We have to do it!

John McCain addressed a town hall meeting in Rochester, NY, today, and the line that everyone will be talking about, or would, if anyone in the media felt like applying any scrutiny to the McCain camp...
John McCain addressed a town hall meeting in Rochester, NY, today, and the line that everyone will be talking about, or would, if anyone in the media felt like applying any scrutiny to the McCain camp...
 
 
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