John McCain Defends Position Switch on Offshore Oil

John McCain, the Republican presidential candidate, is defending his position switch in favor of U.S. offshore oil drilling.

He believed he had made the right decision at a time of record-high gasoline prices and believes he has a chance to win California in the November election.

“I think the environmental situation is today — that we could probably do that,” John McCain said. “But I don’t want to override the state of California.”

The Democrats are trying to use his policy reversal on offshore drilling to portray him as a Republican who, if elected president, would be another George W. Bush.

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