McCain: I Voted For Studying Bear DNA...

[Harvey]

In the first debate with Obama, John McCain railed against wasteful spending. He said:

We're not going to spend $3 million of your tax dollars to study the DNA of bears in Montana," McCain said earlier this year, referring to a request from Montana for federal money to study the endangered grizzly bear. "I don't know if it was a paternity issue or criminal, but it was a waste of money.

More evidence that McCain's tired old memory is slipping. He voted for the very bill he held up as an example of the kinds of spending he would veto as President.

But the three examples of spending highlighted in the ad ? a ?bridge to nowhere,? a study of bear DNA and a museum dedicated to Woodstock ? seem chosen more for their impact than for any direct involvement McCain had in attacking them. In fact, he voted in favor of the bill that included the bear study funding; he was absent for key votes on the Woodstock museum (including one on an amendment he co-sponsored); and he never specifically tried to eliminate the bridge earmark and missed some crucial votes on that one, as well.

Ya can't make this kind of stuff up. It's just the bear facts. :laugh: