Although none of the candidates have exactly been shouting it from
the rooftops, this is the first presdiential campaign in memory where
all of the candidates have called for nuclear disarmament in one fashion
or another. As noted in my recent post regarding John McCain's position,
some concrete actions -- like opposing plans for new nuclear weapons --
would speak a lot louder than some fine words. But we should at least
call McCain on his rhetoric, and support calls by Barack Obama and
Hillary Clinton for the elimination of nuclear weapons (Obama's call
is clearer and cleaner, but both have promised to pursue deep cuts
and a comprensive test ban in their first term).

What can the candidates do NOW to back up their rhetoric? A good
start would be to speak out loudly and clearly -- at every opportunity --
against the Department of Energy's Complex Transformation initiative,
which would spend $200 billion or more in the next two decades to
build new nuclear weapons and new nuclear weapons factories.

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