John McCain
Town Hall Meeting
Ypsilanti, MI 01/15/08

TRANSCRIPT:
QUESTIONER: "I would just like to know if you would ever start drilling in Alaska. . ."

JOHN MCCAIN: "Not in ANWR nor in the Everglades, nor in the Grand Canyon nor off the coast of Florida, nor of the coast of California unless those people wanted it done. Just like I won't touch Michigan's water supply unless the people of Michigan wanted it. That's a fundamental federalist principle I have . . . if the states and others want to have drilling off their coast, such as Louisiana does then that's fine with me. We're doin' a great deal off Louisiana. The people of California don't want to and as a federalist, I will respect that as well . . . this happens to be one of the most pristine and beautiful parts of the world and I would preserve it . . . but to think that ANWR drilling is somehow a solution to our incredible need for energy is just frankly not in keeping with reality . . ."

LABEL: JM MI 1-15 (GR#62) KCIG- Clip B

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