Joe Conason is claiming the proposals floated by John McCain are eerily like the ones pushed by V.P. Dick Cheney. Hmm… McCain is running on claims he bucked the White House on various things, but hey if he’s reading from the same playbook as Cheney then is he really the maverick bucking the administration?

McCain is pushing for the folly of increasing offshore oil drilling .. and .. coincidentally so is Cheney.

McCain is pushing for more nuclear energy .. and .. coincidentally so is Cheney.

McCain is pushing for the oxymoron of ‘clean coal’ .. and .. coincidentally so is Cheney.

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