The cool kids are all talking about how John McCain has proposed abolishing the Department of Education. That got attention because the Obama campaign mentioned it in an add, but read the whole supporting transcript:
FRANK SESNO: Senator McCain, would you favor doing away with the Department of Housing and Urban Development or the Department of Energy?
Sen. JOHN McCAIN: I would certainly favor doing away with the Department of Energy and I think that given the origins of the Department of Education, I would favor doing away with it as well.
Surely a desire to eliminate the Department of Energy is at least as relevant as a desire to eliminate the Department of Education. And of course eliminated the whole department would be a good way to make sure nobody pays attention to Department of Energy studies showing that the “drill here, drill now” approach won’t lower prices at the pump.
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