McCain strikes it rich on oil

By Libby

How unsurprising.

Oil and gas industry executives and employees donated $1.1 million to McCain last month -- three-quarters of which came after his June 16 speech calling for an end to the ban -- compared with $116,000 in March, $283,000 in April and $208,000 in May.

Seems he made a little speech about lifting the restrictions on offshore drilling right before heading to Texas for a series of fundraisers with energy industry executives. The next day he raised the million plus at a private luncheon.

The understatement of the year goes to David Donnelly, the national campaigns director of the Public Campaign Action Fund, who notes, "The timing was significant."