John McCain Would Undermine His Credibility And Election If He Endorsed the Energy Compromise

Don't do it. It's the policy equivalent of picking a pro-choice running mate.

Red State

There are troubling whispers in Washington that John McCain might soon endorse the Gang of 16 Energy Proposal. It would be a terrible mistake for John McCain to sign on to this plan. The plan is both bad politics and bad policy.

For the past several months, John McCain has ridden the energy issue, moreso than any other single issue, to the top of the polls. Governor Palin, one of the nation's leading proponents of domestic energy production, further solidifies John McCain as the candidate who takes the energy issue seriously.

To endorse the Gang of 16 plan would undermine Senator McCain's credibility on the issue. In addition to the terrible politics of the plan for Republicans, the plan itself is terrible, terrible policy.