Schwarzenegger now backs McCain on environment

S.F. Chronicle ^ | June 30, 2008 | Carla Marinucci

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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, appearing in a taped interview Sunday on "Meet the Press," defended GOP presidential candidate John McCain as "the real deal on the environment".

"I'm very proud of him. I'm 100 percent behind him," he told Tom Brokaw.

Schwarzenegger acknowledged that he doesn't support everything McCain has proposed, just as he isn't always in accord with his wife, Maria Shriver, a Democrat who has endorsed Illinois Sen. Barack Obama.

"That (McCain and I) don't agree on everything, it's clear. Nor do I agree with my wife," he said. But "he's terrific with the environment," and with a President McCain, "we would have for the first time a really strong energy agenda and a way of fighting global warming."

He said McCain has stood by him and "supported me on every step of the way" on issues like solar energy, greenhouse gases and many other environmental issues. "He's the real deal on the environment."

Citing a list of proposals, including ending the ban on offshore oil drilling, nuclear power and biofuels - McCain supports them all - he told the audience, "Anyone who tells you that this will bring down our gas prices immediately or anytime soon is blowing smoke."

The governor [also] said he supported the California Supreme Court's decision to approve same-sex marriage. "I think it's good that California is leading in this way.

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