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“I call on Senator Obama to call on Congress to come back into town and come back to work,” he said. “Come off their recess. Come off their vacation and address this energy crisis for America and don’t leave until you do. Republican and Democrat joining together. And a very vital part of that is nuclear power. And another vital part of that is offshore drilling.”
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/04/mccain-lets-go-back-to-work/
No doubt this issue is a winner for McCain and for Republicans. Most Americans are for offshore drilling and the idea of Pelosi turning out the lights on House members that stayed behind is bound to bite the Dems in November.
Since neither Sen McCain, nor Sen Obama, has the authority to call Congress back into session, this McCain statement stands revealed as what it is - pure political posturing.
Why isn't Sen McCain publicly urging his fellow Party member, President Bush, who DOES have the authority, to call Congress back into session?
The reason McCain DOESN't publicly urge Bush to call Congress back into session is because he thinks by singling out Obama - as if Obama had any say on the matter one way or the other - McCain is hoping to score some cheap political points off of him, by conning the ignorant among the electorate, which seems to be the only sort the GOP candidate is trying to attract these days.
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