Orange County Register editorial: You can't ride a polar bear to work

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Republican presidential candidate John McCain this week reversed his position and drew environmentalists' wrath when he came out in favor of lifting the federal ban on offshore oil drilling. Mr. McCain apparently realizes he needs motorists' votes more than environmentalists' endorsements. Better late than never.

Rising gasoline prices have focused voters' attention. A poll last October in the San Francisco Bay Area found 69 percent willing to pay an additional 10-cent gasoline tax to "fight global warming." This week only 37 percent liked the idea.