If President Bush were smart, and that is a stretch, he would have McCain standing next to him during the annoucement and give him credit for getting this started. But again that would require some smarts on the part of our republican leaders, which unfortunatly is in shorter supply than oil.
Give McCain credit? The idiot was forced into into flipping his flopped position! Forced by the realization the American people are coming to their senses about our resources since their wallets are being drained!