McCain tells Iowans he would veto farm bill over subsidies

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2835&u_sid=10324964

DES MOINES - Some things never change: Republican John McCain dislikes farm subsidies.


Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks during a town hall meeting Thursday, in Des Moines, Iowa.

"I have to give you a little straight talk about the farm bill that is wending its way through Congress," McCain said Thursday at the Polk County Convention Center.

"I do not support it. I would veto it," he said. "I would do that because I believe that the subsidies are unnecessary."

McCain was in the heart of farm country, a place where subsidies for corn and ethanol fuel are wildly popular.

His long-held position against subsidies has cost him in Iowa, the state that traditionally begins the presidential nominating process and is a potential swing state in the fall. Yet the Arizona senator didn't hesitate to bring up the issue.

"I just thought I'd start out with that non-controversial statement," he said as he began the town hall-style meeting.

FULL story at link.

[Rex_Goodheart]

1. Point for McCain

[liberal N proud]

2. Polk County is Des Moines

Yes there is agriculture in Polk County but it is mostly residential/commercial.

[ingac70]

3. I'm sure Iowa loved that...

right up there with touting free trade in front of a shuttered factory in Ohio.... nice work John!

[hatrack]

4. Whatever, Senator Pander - talk remains cheap.

Unlike pretty much anything else these days.