Frist's idea is to link rebates with ANWR approval, then get Dems on record as voting against rebate checks. But the whole thing is stupid. Ought to just keep bringing up ANWR as a stand alone and really make the case for it, then rail against Dems for voting against it. It's not necessary to link ANWR with a stupid rebate scheme.
History has proven that wrong.
It SHOULDN'T be necessary, but it obviously is, or we would have been drilling there 10 years ago.