LISTEN: Culver says McCain's issue positions wrong for Iowa
Republican John McCain's continued and adamant opposition to ethanol subsidies -- a position he repeated during Friday's presidential debate -- is only one of the things that gives him a black mark in Iowa, Democratic Gov. Chet Culver said today.
"His record in Iowa is very poor," Culver said today of McCain. "He's against biofuels of every kind, he's against renewable energy tax credits, he's voted 23 times against renewable energy and he voted against Tom Harkin's farm bill."
McCain arrived in Des Moines today but has no public appearances planned until tomorrow.
"I don't expect the farmers and rural Iowa in particular are going to forgive him for those bad votes," Culver said. "I think he has a lot of explaining to do about that very poor record for Iowa."
Wendy Riemann, an Iowa spokeswoman for McCain, said Iowans are intelligent voters who are looking at more than one issue as they cast their ballot.
"John McCain supports being energy independent and advocates the use of alternative forms of energy, including ethanol, competing in the free market. He believes that the government must be an ally but not an arbiter in the progress of alternative energy sources, such as wind, solar, geothermal, tide and hydroelectric," Riemann said. "John McCain is a strong supporter of alternative forms of energy and he believes the best way to maximize these contributions is through competitive markets."
As for the farm bill, Riemann said: "The farm bill was laced with pork, handouts to corporate farmers and was an obstacle to freer agricultural trade worldwide. John McCain is interested in helping Iowa farmers and in opening the markets to American agriculture."
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