Does John McCain Know What He's Talking About? (And Who Cares?)
In a NYT front-pager, Elisabeth Bumiller declares:
Perhaps Mr. McCain's biggest departure from the president is on climate change. Mr. McCain has called for mandatory limits on greenhouse gas emissions, unlike Mr. Bush, who says such limits would be bad for the economy. Mr. McCain also supports a "cap and trade" system in which power plants and other polluters could meet limits on heat-trapping gases like carbon dioxide by either reducing emissions on their own or by buying credits from more efficient producers.
So McCain the Maverick puts in his mandatory appearance. That's the prevailing mainstream story line even as the Straight Talk Express's wheels come off. But meanwhile, paying attention to the Real McCain, the alert Hilary Bok, aka Hilzoy, quotes McCain speaking at a Monday press conference...
