Posted by Jed Lewison on Fri Jun 20, 2008 at 1:19 PM Pacific

McCain Sticks to His Guns on ANWR

Not quite Shermanesque, but this is good enough:

“My position has not changed,” Mr. McCain said here on his campaign bus.

“People have said to me, ‘I’m going to bring you new information about ANWR, how environmentally we can make it safe,’” he said. “I’ll be glad to
accept new information but my position has not changed.”

Politically, this is important for three reasons: (1) it deepens the wedge between him and his conservative base; (2) now that he has reaffirmed his opposition to drilling in ANWR, it takes away a potential advantage for him against Barack Obama in Alaska, a state which Barack might be able to put in play; and (3) if he does ever flip-flop on this issue, his statement yesterday will make the flip-flop even bigger news.

McCain Sticks to His Guns on ANWR

Not quite Shermanesque, but this is good enough:

“My position has not changed,” Mr. McCain said here on his campaign bus.

“People have said to me, ‘I’m going to bring you new information about ANWR, how environmentally we can make it safe,’” he said. “I’ll be glad to
accept new information but my position has not changed.”

Politically, this is important for three reasons: (1) it deepens the wedge between him and his conservative base; (2) now that he has reaffirmed his opposition to drilling in ANWR, it takes away a potential advantage for him against Barack Obama in Alaska, a state which Barack might be able to put in play; and (3) if he does ever flip-flop on this issue, his statement yesterday will make the flip-flop even bigger news.

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