On Friday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) raised eyebrows when he implied
that the U.S. invaded Iraq for oil by saying at a townhall meeting
that his plan for energy independence would =93prevent us from having
ever to send our young men and women into conflict again in the Middle
East.=94 Later in the day, McCain stumbled while trying to clarify his
comment by claiming he was talking about the first Gulf War.
Ironically, one of McCain=92s biggest sup****ters, fellow Arizona Sen.
Jon Kyl (R) implicitly criticizes McCain today in a column attacking
lawmakers who want Iraq to pay for more of its reconstruction with oil
revenues, writing that =93we must never make it appear as if we went
into Iraq for its oil=93:
It=92s one thing to ensure that the Iraqis continue to shoulder more of
the burden; it=92s quite another to punish our troops if Iraq falters in
its efforts. And we must never make it appear as if we went into Iraq
for its oil.
At a press conference in Arizona today, McCain tried to recalibrate
his oil remarks
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/mccain-kyl-iraq-oil/
