Where did you hear that?
To my knowledge he's been against it consistently.
Yes, he's opposing ANWR and whining to the press that he dislikes the tactics of Stevens to impose ANWR on him. Even though Stevens merely copied mcCain's moves to get his torture bill added to the Defense Appropriations Bill.
Now Mccain is being forced to either vote down the bill funding the troops that contains his precious rights for terrorists, or vote for a bill supporting Artic Drilling that Soros will not be happy with him about. I'm enjoying McCain's predicament. I wouldn't mind a filibuster that defeated McCain's torture bill, but if it passes, we'll at least get ANWR. Either way Mccain is screwed and I love that after the way he blackmailed the President.
The question now is whether McCain wants his terrorist protections badly enough to bring the RINO's along with him to prevent a filibuster of the bill. It's quite a nice bit of side entertainment.
That's the way I see it too. McCain was the only one really raising a ruckus, and he's been blackballed by Stevens in an effort to make McCain choose his vote wisely. Either way, as you said, McCain is screwed. But, we're also forgetting that the Democrats don't want us drilling in ANWR either, and they'll be forced to vote the entire bill down.
McCain was on that Stephanopolis show on Sunday and said he supports drilling in ANWR but didn't like it being tacked on to a defense appropriation bill, which as you point out is rather hypocritical.