McCain's Homestretch Push For Clean Coal
BLOUNTVILLE, TN -- During his second stop of a marathon seven today, John McCain visited the border of two swing states and delivered a new message on energy independence.
Just over the border from southwestern Virginia and less than thirty miles from northeastern North Carolina -- both, of course, swing states -- McCain emphasized the importance of clean coal to this region of the country. He cited an interview rival Barack Obama gave to a San Francisco newspaper in which the Democratic nominee said he wasn't a coal "booster." McCain promised to save the jobs of coal miners.
"This is what he said quote, 'if somebody wants to build a coal powered plant they can, it's just that it will bankrupt them,'" McCain said, quoting Obama's interview. "Now, how out of touch is that? Now I believe, and you know and you do too, that we need to control emissions, but I'm not going to let our coal industry go bankrupt. I'm not gonna let coal workers lose their jobs."
Surrounded by politicians from the region, including Fred Thompson, Bob Corker, George Allen and Lamar Alexander, McCain promised to keep this region red.
"This kind of momentum, this kind of excitement, is what wins elections," McCain said. "And we're gonna win this election tomorrow in Virginia and we're gonna keep Virginia red."
(NBC/NJ's ADAM AIGNER-TREWORGY)
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