by David Sassoon -
Aug 13th, 2008 
Senator McCain did not show up for the crucial vote on July 30, and the renewable energy bill was defeated for the eighth time. In fact, John McCain has a perfect record on this renewable energy legislation. He has missed all eight votes over the last year — which effectively counts as a no vote each time. Once, he was even in the Senate and wouldn’t leave his office to vote.
Tom Friedman in the New York Times, 8/13/2008
If you're wondering what to think when you hear John McCain say he's for clean energy, or when you watch his ad running on Olympic time showing spinning windmills, Tom Friedman sets the record straight in his op-ed today. He chronicles how McCain has struck out on clean energy 2 2/3 times. One more strike for McCain, and the side is retired.
But that's not all. The biggest solar energy project ever -- in Arizona, McCain's home state -- is on hold because the banks won't provide financing without the incentives in the legislation McCain didn't vote for. Two thousand jobs are now on hold.
But that's not all either.
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