Our dangerous dependence on foreign oil has been 30 years in the making and was caused by the failures of politicians in Washington to think long-term about the future of the country. Now, what Senator McCain neglected to mention was during those 30 years he was in Washington for 26 of them.
Obama criticizes McCain for his long tenure in Washington and the failure to address dependence on foreign oil.
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And I will fight for that, even if I don’t always think it’s going to win.
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