Green Campaign Watch: McCain & Bush Look Offshore for Oil

McCain headed to oil country Tuesday to speak in Houston, Texas, about his energy plan, which he announced would include a call to lift the federal moratorium on offshore oil drilling. With gas over $4 a gallon, many Republicans are calling for a lift on the ban. The White House says President Bush will urge Congress to end the ban on offshore oil exploration — a band-aid solution to a hemorrhaging wound.

Meanwhile, McCain is trying to separate his energy policy from the President’s policies and has released a new commercial (embedded below) which says “John McCain stood up to the President and sounded the alarm on global warming five years ago.” There are images of plenty of wind turbines and solar panels, but no offshore oil rigs yet.