McCain to Pennsylvanians: “We Need to Drill Offshore”

The Senator credits President Bush during a Wilkes-Barre town hall, saying his lifting the executive ban on offshore drilling earlier this month helped oil prices drop $10-a-barrel. "We need to get our resources that are offshore and get them into our market so the world will know that we're on the way to eliminating our dependence on foreign oil." ON IRAQ: Repeats line about Obama wanting to win an election before a war. Touts his own withdrawal plan saying "they'll never have to go back because we will have won this conflict." Campaign cancels press avail planned for after the event due to scheduling conflicts.