Nailed it.

That was the best description of John McCain's position on the environment that I think I've ever heard. I don't think I've ever quoted Bush when it wasn't followed by, 'Boy, that was dumb.' It was surprisingly, brilliantly and without question, unintentionally spectacular. Thanks George.

OK, so maybe he wasn't referring specifically to his BFF, but it's an excellent description of McCain's flip-flop on off-shore drilling and profits for big oil, from supporting a windfall profits tax mere months ago to denouncing it yesterday. I guess it's true that you have to speak to your audience, but I don't think that means changing your core position to suit the crowd. Someone needs to explain recording devices to Senator McCain, he seems to forget that what's said one day can be resurrected the next.

Senator Kerry posted at Huffington yesterday in response to another of McCain's 'before it before he was against it' waffles, as the Straight Talk Express derailed once again.

If you care about climate change, the last 24 hours provide the clearest illustration yet of the choice we face in November, and which candidate understands what we need to do.

In Detroit last night, Barack Obama took the stage with Al Gore to tell tough truths -- and propose specific policies to galvanize decades of green economic growth.

In Houston today, candidate McCain will tell the people that he used to call "special interests" that just because two oilmen are leaving the White House doesn't mean the gravy train has to end. Back in 2000, he promised he would "never lose sight" of the importance of protecting our natural heritage. Today his campaign reversed McCain's longstanding position and endorsed drilling off our coastlines. Oh -- and Senator McCain's reform agenda of getting tough on Big Oil? Now Candidate McCain is against any windfall profits tax to fund renewable energy.
More at HuffingtonPost

Windfall profits tax -- McCain was for it ...

... before he was against it.

But that wasn't McCain's only blunder of the day. He came out both in support of big oil, and against the Constitution and the Supreme Court ruling on habeas corpus in the span of a few hours. Senator Kerry hit back on a conference call yesterday after McCain reinforced support of the failed Bush policy in the Middle East. Audio of the call is available at TPM.

"The United States is less safe, less respected, less able to lead in the world. And that is the record that John McCain has chosen to embrace..."

"John McCain is Washington's biggest supporter for the worst foreign policy decision of our generation. He's failed to learn the lessons of 9/11, we're paying for that failure today, and he is the candidate of the Iraq war mindset. A mindset that completely misunderstands and dangerously underestimates the dangers of the 21st century..."

"When it comes to Guantanamo, John McCain is running right now on the platform of continuing a legal approach that has violated our Constitution, failed to prosecute terrorists over the course of these many years, six and a half years, failed to bring them to justice, failed to have verdicts, failed to send them to jail, and in fact, set back our ability to lead the world because of the example, now repudiated by our own Supreme Court. So, if you want to talk about going backwards, and adopting a policy that is retro, I think John McCain has articulated it about as clearly as it could be, and it's against the better interests, national security interests of our country."

Oh, wow. I just saw the new McCain ad on TV. Isn't there a requirement to put some kind of truth in those things? I saw hydro, wind and solar, but where were the off-shore oil rigs? Maybe they should have aired that one last week, when McCain claimed he was for protecting the environment.