I was following McCain's campaign activity while he was out here in the west last week. In California, he spoke several times about the need for more offshore oil drilling --- here in a state that abhors the idea of offshore drilling. Then he went on to Nevada where he talked about the need for more nuclear energy --- in a state that resents being the dumping ground for the entire country's nuclear waste in Yucca Mountain. Maybe next he can go talk up NAFTA in some of the rust belt swing states.

You've got to admire the fact that he isn't afraid to stick by his ideas in places where they aren't popular. I don't like a politician who shamelessly panders to whoever he is talking to. But this just seems silly. If you are going to open a whole new line in your campaign, do it somewhere where it's going to get a good reception. And if you are going to campaign in a place where one of your ideas is not popular, you don't have to back away from it, but you don't have to be the one to bring it up either.

What crazy old coot.

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