McCain worried about oil

Yesterday, John McCain tried to pull off the unthinkable.  The Arizona Republican Senator cited a pessimistic study that referred to the Iraqi police force as dysfunctional, and spun it to further the notion that we need to stay in Iraq.  More than anything, as all of us expected, John McCain is particularly concerned about the oil:

"The report states that 'the strategic consequences of failure, oreven perceived failure, for the United States and the coalition areenormous,'" McCain said in a statement Thursday.

McCain quotes the reporter further: "Iraq's regional geo-strategicposition, the balance of power in the Middle East, the economicstability made possible by the flow of energy to many parts of theworld, and the ability to defeat and contain terrorism where it is mostmanifest are issues that do not lend themselves to easy or quicksolution."

We all predicted this would happen.  They had their "energy" reasons for going into Iraq, and it's no different when it comes to leaving the country.  It's all about doing whatever possible to remain as dependent on foreign sources of energy.  The $136,000 that energy companies have donated to Mr. McCain's 2008 presidential campaign is paying off.