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November 16, 2004
McCain Criticizes Bush on Climate Change
"Wasting no time distancing himself from President Bush on an issue that has long divided them, Senator John McCain yesterday called the White House stance on climate change "terribly disappointing" and said inaction in the face of mounting scientific data was unjustified.
Two weeks after the end of a campaign in which he stumped for Mr. Bush's re-election, Mr. McCain, Republican of Arizona, is convening a Senate hearing today on the human effect on climate and what to do about it.
Mr. Bush, citing the cost to the economy and what the administration describes as the uncertainty of the science, has opposed restrictions on carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases since early 2001, when he abandoned a pledge he made in his first presidential campaign to restrict carbon dioxide from power plants.
In contrast, for three years Mr. McCain has pushed for a bill he wrote with Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, Democrat of Connecticut, that would create the first, modest curbs on greenhouse gases."
Have I mentioned lately how much I like and admire John McCain? Why couldn't he be president?? Oh yeah, I remember. It has to do with Karl Rove, lying and push polls during the 2000 primaries but that's a discussion for another time.
Read it all here.
Posted by Daffodil at November 16, 2004 12:49 PM
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