[big campaign] Media Monitoring Report - Evening 06/17/08

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*Main Topics*: McCain on offshore drilling, McCain flip flopping, Energy policy *Summary of Shift:* Al Gore's endorsement of Barack Obama received residual analysis this evening. John McCain announced in Houston his plan to lift a ban on offshore drilling. ABC, CBS, and NBC all compared McCain and Obama's energy policies. President Bush, like McCain, is expected to ask Congress tomorrow to lift the ban on offshore drilling. The McCain campaign attacked Obama for defending the recent Supreme Court decision, saying he had a "September 10th mindset." Moveon.org released an ad targeting McCain on Iraq and "100 years." Flooding in the Midwest continues to receive plenty of coverage. Gay couples from around the country travel to California to take advantage of the new equal marriage laws. Highlights: 1) McCain announces he wants to lift a ban on offshore drilling a. "NBC Nightly News" juxtaposes McCain and Obama on energy, Mitchell says McCain "switched sides on a major issue" b. "CBS Evening News" compares McCain and Obama on energy policy c. Donatelli defends McCain's oil policy of offshore drilling d. Offshore drilling makes McCain conservative but not enough to please far right 2) Tim Pawlenty defends McCain's tax breaks For big oil and his decision to drill offshore 3) Charlie Crist and Mel Martinez follow McCain's lead in changing their positions on offshore drilling 4) McCain's offshore drilling announcement is labeled as a "flip flop" a. The Financial Times' Chrystia Freeland says McCain's continual flip-flopping could risk his image as "straight talker" which is "the central strength of his brand" b. McCain called out for environmental "flip-flop, wiggle-waggle" c. McCain: flip flop or "flexible politician"? 5) Congressman and former Orleans' member John Hall blasts McCain for illegally using a song he wrote, says McCain is "once again repeating the Bush camp's mistakes" 6) *"*Hardball" pokes fun at Cindy McCain's second incident plagiarizing a recipe 7) Pfotenhauer explains why McCain is an "underdog", paints McCain as an agent of change on MSNBC 8) NYT reporter parses McCain's Iraq policy and public sentiment 9) New ABC Poll shows President Bush and McCain's age are damaging his numbers 10) McCain small talks about sports, family, and grilling on "Jimmy Kimmel Live", reveals his daughter became a Republican for Father's Day 11) Rachel Maddow says McCain is "giving up the green vote" by announcing his plan to lift the ban on offshore oil drilling [No Clip] 12) MoveOn.org's new ad was played and discussed on "Hardball" [No Clip] 13) "Countdown" covered the back and forth between Obama and McCain on national security, civil liberties, and energy [No Clip] 14) Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow discussed McCain's birthday celebration with Bush during Katrina [No Clip] Clips: Highlight #1 *"NBC Nightly News" Juxtaposes McCain and Obama on Energy, Mitchell Says McCain "Switched Sides on a Major Issue"* (MSNBC 06/17/08 7:00pm) BRIAN WILLIAMS: Now to politics, Senator John McCain has come out with an idea for how to solve the nation's current oil related energy crisis and his idea has exposed the dramatic difference between the two distinct sides in this energy debate. Some people see this as a painful but golden opportunity to develop new energy sources, others including Senator McCain say let's develop more of the oil we know is out there, some of it offshore. Our report from NBC's Andrea Mitchell. ANDREA MITCHELL: The political battleground: skyrocketing gas prices. America's top concern this election year [...] That makes energy, not national security, the first test for both candidates. John McCain, in Houston today, the capital of the oil patch, switched sides on a major issue, offshore drilling. Now he would permit drilling, except in Alaska. Even though he opposed offshore drilling when he ran for president eight years ago [..] McCain said states like Florida could still veto drilling off their shores. Their former Governor Jeb Bush opposed offshore drilling, going against his brother the president. But McCain today found a willing convert, Florida's current Governor, Charlie Crist, thought to have vice-presidential hopes. Democrats say McCain's drilling plan puts Florida in play for them [...] At the same time McCain tried to reach out to independents with a new ad on global warming. On that he disagrees with George Bush [...] *"CBS Evening News" Compares McCain and Obama on Energy Policy* (CBS 06/17/08 6:30pm) HARRY SMITH: To presidential politics and a top campaign issue, skyrocketing energy prices and what to do about them. Tax the oil companies? Drill offshore? John McCain and Barack Obama have very different ideas. Dean Reynolds reports. DEAN REYNOLDS: With their eyes on the pump both candidates agree things have to change. [Video of McCain] JOHN MCCAIN: The next president must be willing to break with the energy policies not just of the current administration but the administrations that preceded it. [End Clip] REYNOLDS: And while each candidate seeks energy independence, they would pursue separate paths [...] Obama favors a windfall profits tax on the oil companies and would use the proceeds as tax breaks to help deal with high energy costs. But McCain opposes the idea, saying it would reduce domestic production. [Video Clip of McCain] MCCAIN: If the plan sounds familiar, it's because that was President Jimmy Carter's big idea too. And a lot of good it did us. [End Clip] REYNOLDS: Instead McCain's calling for a summer holiday from the federal gasoline tax to reduce the price at the pump. And though he once opposed offshore drilling in California and Florida, he now favors the idea. Obama does not [...] He favors government incentives, $150 billion in tax credits over 10 years for the development of alternative fuels such as ethanol. He would also push renewable resources. McCain calls such incentives handouts to special interests. He prefers to let individual states promote energy alternatives. But neither candidate is proposing anything that would markedly reduce the high price of gasoline anytime soon [...] *Donatelli Defends McCain's Oil Policy of Offshore Drilling* (MSNBC 06/17/08 1:24pm) ANDREA MITCHELL: John McCain is in Texas today to deliver a major speech on the energy crisis. *The Sen is expected to push for offshore drilling in a state where oil is a multibillion-dollar industry.* But the Sen's plan might not resonate as well across the country. Joining us now, Frank Donatelli […] How does he straddle this issue of you can have states permit offshore drilling but he's still against drilling in Alaska? Doesn't he risk offending the environmentalists and not really satisfying the oil industry? FRANK DONATELLI: […] It's a balanced plan. But we have a crisis. We have $4 gasoline, heading even higher. And we have to do something about that. That's impacting economy, it's hurting families. And what Sen McCain has said for a long time is in the long run, we need different sources of energy, we need green and new technologies. On the other hand, we have a short- and medium-term problem and part of the solution there is additional drilling to find additional oil and gas supplies in the United States, and the outer continental shelf is the way to get some of those supplies to market fairly quickly. I would just note that it would require the concurrence of the states to drill off of their shores. But if you incenticivize the states properly, this is a potential source to moderate gas prices. MITCHELL: […] Charlie Crist, the governor of Florida, has just changed his position and now says he endorses McCain's approval of offshore drilling. Is this another part of his audition to be on the ticket? DONATELLI: Charlie Crist wouldn't do anything that he didn't strongly believe in. I think what's at play is that we have mi high gas prices and if there is drilling off the coast of a state, there would be money available to go to that state. […] MITCHELL: [reads statement from Obama campaign] What's your counter to that? DONATELLI: […] It's typical of the Obama campaign that they say when it comes to supply, nothing can be done. That all they can propose is a windfall profits tax, which was a disaster during the Carter administration […] And apparently the only thing the Obama folks favor is ever-higher gas prices. Because if you're not going to drill, if you're not gonna do something on the supply side, by definition you can only handle it on the demand side. Sen McCain thinks gas prices are high enough and need to come down. Apparently, Sen Obama is indifferent to that. *Offshore Drilling Makes McCain Conservative but not Enough to Please Far Right *(FNC 06/17/08 06:50pm) JOHN MCCAIN:I do believe that there are places in the world that we should not drill but I certainly think that there are area off our coast that should be open to exploration and exploitation. BARACK OBAMA: There is no way that allowing off shore drilling would lower gas prices right now. […] […] BILL SAMMON: The higher that gas prices go the more attractive McCain's plan looks. He's on the right side of the polls. As your polls show 67% of Americans think we should do greater drilling. Even a majority of liberals say we should do more drilling. And Obama opposes it. Now it is a flip flop for McCain and that undermines his reputation of a straight talker. […] MARA LIASSON: He put himself at least a little bit more in line with congressional republicans. […] Even though Charlie Crist and Arnold Schwarzenegger, two very popular Republican Governors that don't want drilling off their states coasts. […] This issue is getting a little more complicated than just environmentalists and Democrats on one side and the Republicans and Oil industry on the other. […] CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: McCain is letting a very strong issue get away. […] He risks losing, alienating people who care about the environment over off shore drilling. While remaining alienated from the majority of Americans that believe with gas as high as it is you have to drill in the Arctic. […] We are not stopping pollution by not drilling, we're exporting it. […] Who believes the deserts in Saudi Arabia are less pristine. […] […] SAMMON: McCain has positioned himself right of Obama but not sufficiently rightward to satisfy the conservatives. […] LIASSON: He gets the worst of both worlds. […] Look what happened when he reached out to Jerry Falwell, didn't get a lot of love from the Christian right, on the other hand all of his liberal and moderate admirers were mad. […] Highlight #2 *Tim Pawlenty Defends McCain's Tax Breaks For Big Oil and His Decision to Drill Offshore* (CNN 06/17/08 05:19pm) WOLF BLITZER: In Minnesota, let's say if he would show up next week or the week after, go to that convention site in St. Paul, you think he'd get an attendance as Barack Obama did? TIM PAWLENTY: (Laughs) Well, he's gonna be here Thursday of this week, Wolf. He's not doing a big arena demonstration or rally but he is doing a panel discussion and a Town Hall meeting and a Fundraiser. He's gonna get a good turnout and a good reception. BLITZER: But that's usually in the hundreds. We're talking thousands, sometimes Obama generates tens of thousands of people to show up for his rallies. And I wonder, you know your state as well as anyone, could McCain do that in Minnesota? PAWLENTY: Well, maybe but you have to look at the polls which show that rallies are interesting, they're entertaining and I know the press likes to cover them, but the fact of the matter is the race is essentially tied. So you have to look at levels of support [...] BLITZER: Do the Big Oil Companies like Exxon Mobile and Chevron and the others, do they deserve additional tax breaks right now? PAWLENTY: Well, in fact, if you look at the 2005 energy bill that Dick Cheney and George Bush helped promote, Barack Obama voted in favor of that bill. John McCain voted against it because in his view it gave too many additional tax breaks to oil companies and traditional energy and didn't emphasize renewable and clean energy enough. So John McCain has been the one out there talking about a different, more revolutionary energy future [...] BLITZER: I ask the question governor because right now there's a major difference between Obama and McCain on the corporate tax structure for Big Oil. Obama wants a windfall profits tax on Exxon Mobil and Chevron and these other big companies [...] McCain wants a reduction in the corporate tax rate structure, including on Big Oil, which would reduce their tax rate now [...] So let me rephrase the question, does Big OIl deserve an additional tax break as Senator McCain is recommending? PAWLENTY: Senator McCain believes that by reducing tax burdens on companies across the United States, including energy companies, that will encourage them to reinvest. Now, don't take my word for it, or Senator McCain's word for it, or Barack Obama's word for it, go look at the nonpartisan and highly respected congressional research service, which has done a paper on the effect of additional taxation on oil companies. And what they concluded is that decreased production in the United States and discouraged additional exploration in our country. John McCain has been a critic of excessive pay for oil company executives. But he doesn't believe that we should be putting additional energy taxes on energy companies at a time when we need more oil exploration and more energy production [...] Highlight #3 *Charlie Crist and Mel Martinez Follow McCain's lead in Changing their Positions on Offshore Drilling *(CNN 06/17/08 04:45pm) McCain Ad on Global Warming] [...] DANA BASH: He's going after Barack Obama specifically for supporting windfall profits tax on oil companies. [...] McCain will say, "If the plan sounds familiar, it's because that was President Jimmy Carter's big idea too -- and a lot of good it did us. " [...] Just last month he said he was open to such a tax. [...] That change really is proof of just how tricky gas tax politics is, especially for John McCain. [...] BASH: Today Governor Charlie Crist and Mel Martinez, both are McCain supporters; both of them also changed their positions. [...] CHARLIE CRIST: Floridians are suffering and you know when you're paying over $4 a gallon for gas you have to wonder if their might be additional resources that we might be able to utilize to bring that price down. Simple supply and demand. So I applaud him for his idea and I think its something that should be studied. [...] BASH: This move, this idea of lifting the federal moratorium on offshore drilling, makes it pretty much impossible for McCain in California [...]. Highlight #4 *The Financial Times' Chrystia Freeland Says McCain's Continual Flip-Flopping Could Risk His Image As "Straight Talker" Which Is "the Central Strength of His Brand"* (MSNBC 06/12/08 4:15pm) CHRYSTIA FREELAND: The only point I would make there Howard and Chris is I do think that John McCain needs to be a little bit sensitive to the danger of being perceived to be a flip-flopper. His great strength, the central strength of his brand, is that he is a straight talker and he tells the truth. And if he changes too many positions, for what are perceived to be tactical reasons, I don't think that's good for him. CHRIS MATTHEWS: Did he switch on this Chrysta? FREELAND: Yes he did. MATTHEWS: He was against offshore drilling? FREELAND: He was. *McCain Called Out for Environmental "Flip-Flop, Wiggle-Waggle"* (CNN 06/17/08 12:34pm) PAUL STEINHAUSER: Part of this plan also Gerri, calls for a new push for alternative fuels. And that's something John McCain is also near and dear to in environmental policies. Part of his plan, pushing for these alternative fuels, also he's out with a new ad today where he says in the ad, he fought the Bush administration when it came to global warming. He realizes he's going to get a little bit of a knock here from environmental groups calling for the loosing of the ban on offshore drilling. I think he's willing to take that, with gas prices soaring and people paying big money at the pumps. GERRI WILLIS: I'm wondering what Obama is saying on this very issue, seeing here how McCain has flip-flopped, changed his mind, wiggle-waggle. What is Obama saying? STEINHAUSER: This is an issue, like many others, where these two candidates definitely don't see eye to eye. Barack Obama, he's in favor of keeping the moratorium on offshore drilling. And his campaign put out a statement saying, this plan by John McCain would only benefit big oil. *McCain: Flip Flop or "Flexible Politician"?* (FNC 06/17/08 11:26am) JANE SKINNER: He's going to say that conservation is no longer a moral luxury or a personal virtue. The Republican presumptive nominee now says he would like to allow drilling offshore as well. Senator Obama says that's the wrong approach. He'd rather invest in renewable energy. This oil energy is becoming a hot topic […] I want to talk about the words that are being used. […] No longer a personal virtue, it is a indirect slap, he doesn't name Dick Cheney, but that certainly is a slap at the administration because Cheney was the one that back in 2001 called conservation that, a personal virtue. It certainly sounds like he is trying with his words to break with this administration. MARTIN FROST: Well clearly we need to have as much conservation as we can in this country. […] The problem is we don't know where John McCain stands. Who's the real John McCain? First he changes his position on taxes. He was against the Bush tax cuts and now he's for them. He was against drilling offshore and now he's for it. I don't think you can run a campaign like this. I don't think you can go to my state of Texas and pander to the oil industry when you have a record on the other side in votes that he's cast in the Senate. SKINNER: […] How vulnerable is he to that attack. Already, environmentalist today have said this is a reversal. The McCain campaign says he still opposes drilling in Anwar. FROST: That's probably the next thing to go. RICK SANTORUM: I hope it is. […] John McCain is a very practical guy. He looks at the situation and he assesses it. […] The arrogance of the politicians here in Washington to say here look we have tens of billions of barrels of oil on our shores and up in Anwar and oh by the way Saudi Arabia you should just pump more of yours. We're not going to pump ours. We're not going to "spoil our environment" you go ahead and spoil yours and give us more oil. That's not going to sell to the American people […] and it's going to hurt our economy. And John McCain has finally realized that you can't just sit back and say you folks over there, you pump for us. When we are sitting on enormous reserves of oil ourselves and refusing to do it when we do it cleaner than anyone else and more environmentally sensible than anyone else. FROST: I think the reality that John McCain is looking at is that he is behind in the polls and he is trying to do anything he can. He is trying to do anything he can and he's willing to change his position on anything to gain some ground. That's not what we want in a President. […] SANTORUM: I don't think you can say the circumstances haven't changed […] you have to be flexible as a politician to change when circumstances dictate. […] FROST: […] Clearly we ought to conserve. […] The question is how long will he stick to his guns on that, or will the right wing of the party pull him back in and say no conservation isn't a good idea. […] Highlight #5 *Congressman and Former Orleans' Member John Hall Blasts McCain For Illegally Using A Song He Wrote, Says McCain is "Once Again Repeating the Bush Camp's Mistakes"* (MSNBC 06/17/08 4:40pm) DAVID SCHUSTER: John McCain campaigned in New Hamsphire last week, a state he won in the 2000 primary and again this past January. So perhaps it should have been no surprise that after the rally, when McCain was shaking hands, his campaign would play this song made famous in the 1970s by the group Orleans. [plays clip with song playing at McCain event] SCHUSTER: The song's cowriter and founding member of the group Orleans is now a member of Congress. Democrat John Hall of New York. And he joins us now in the studio. Congressman I gather that you're not very happy about McCain using the song. HALL: Hi David and no I wasn't. It wasn't the first time something like this happened. In 2004 the Bush-Cheney reelection campaign used the song without asking for permission and we asked them to stop using it and they did. I would have thought that somebody from the McCain campaign would have know about that but apparently they are once again repeating the Bush camp's mistakes. SCHUSTER: But I gather it was ok for Hillary Clinton to use the song, so it's just a matter of politics, though, right? HALL: Well, I was a supporter of Senator Clinton, I voted for her twice. She campaigned for me when I ran for a supposedly unwinnable seat in 2006. And I campaigned for her during her primary efforts. So she correctly gather that I would support her using it. I think that the issue here is the use of the song to try to advance an agenda that I don't agree with. SCHUSTER: I asked Senator McCain about this very issue late last week and spokesman Brian Rogers said the following: "We love John Hall's stuff. We will take his concerns under consideration. Beyond that, we have no other comment." Your reaction? HALL: Well I'm glad that they love my stuff and in fact my brother-in-law was a co-writer of the screenplay for Senator McCain's movie, F aith of my Fathers. So we have connections indirectly in other ways. And I thank him for his service to our country. But we have disagreements about a number of policy issues. And whenever a song is used that's performed by an artist, who own's part of the copyright, and written by songwriters who own part of the copyright and by the way published by a publishing company that owns part of the copyright, they deserve the right to say when and where it's used. And I think that needs to be respected [...] Highlight #6 *"Hardball" Pokes Fun at Cindy McCain's Second Incident Plagiarizing a Recipe* (MSNBC 06/17/08 5:30pm) CHRIS MATTHEWS: And for the second time in this campaign Cindy McCain is on the skillet for cooking her cookbooks. In April the campaign confessed that family recipes on their website were lifted from the food network. They blamed an intern for that. Now the Huffington Post is pushing another sweet scandal, Cindy McCain submitted this recipe for Oatmeal Butterscotch Cookies to the July edition of Family Circle magazine, but it's nearly identical to this recipe on Hersheys.com. What's the lesson here? In the age of Google, you can and will be burned. Highlight #7 *Pfotenhauer Explains Why McCain is an "Underdog", Paints McCain as an Agent of Change* *on MSNBC* (MSNBC 06/17/08 11:36pm) CONTESSA BREWER: Why does [McCain] characterize himself as an underdog? NANCY PFOTENHAUER: Well I think because whether you're watching the polls or you're just trying to pick up the mood of the country, it's pretty clear that on the generic ballot, for example, that the Democratic candidate has a distinct advantage [...] Now the good news for the country and the good news from our perspective is that when you use names, when you say what about this man John McCain versus this man Barack Obama, those numbers get very very tight. And I think as the clock continues to tick and we learn more about what I believe are Senator Obama's very flawed plans for the economy and his very weak judgment on national security issues, I think Senator McCain will come out on top. [...] BREWER: I mentioned earlier in this broadcast that John McCain is going to air some ads about what he plans to do about global warming, about greenhouse gases, certainly that's a stand that's far different from the traditional Republican platform. That being said, he's got a real problem in the President's approval numbers. This Washington Post Poll indicates John McCain would lead the country in the same direction as President Bush. So how does he go about, other than running these campaign ads, differentiating himself from the last eight years? PFOTENHAUER: Well, I think he talks about his record. I mean he's got a record of reform and he also compares and contrasts that with Senator Obama's record. And while Senator Obama's record isn't all that long in the US Senate, he has established himself as the most liberal member of the US Senate. And remember most Americans do not consider themselves to be liberal. I think it's only about one in five that consider themselves that or roughly 20%. Much more consider themselves either conservative or moderate. So what we're gonna do is talk about Senator McCain's record of reform [...] whether you want to talk about campaign finance reform or immigration reform, his fight against explosive federal spending, and compare and contrast it with Senator Obama, who just for an example, the three brief years that he's been in the US Senate, has advocated almost a billion dollars in pork barrel spending projects. Compare that to Senator McCain and I think most Americans will decide he's the one to lead us forward on the fiscal policy front. On a national security front there are examples every day on why Senator McCain's leadership is much stronger than Senator Obama's [...] Highlight #8 *NYT Reporter Parses McCain's Iraq Policy and Public Sentiment* (MSNBC 06/17/08 2:30pm) JOHN HARWOOD: David, do you see signs that these two candidates […] may converge in the general […]? Because you did have John McCain the other day talk about the possibility that by 2013 American troops might be done with the active phase of the war. DAVID SANGER: […] I think it depends […] The […] question […] really for Sen McCain, is under what conditions […] would he see it possible to actually have a big drawdown? Because he has talked about if not permanent bases, then at least a continuing presence. And you have to be a little careful with that 2013 number because he said in 'active combat.' Well, a lot of our troops around the world are not necessarily in active combat, but they are sitting in potential hot spots. HARWOOD: David, you saw that MoveOn.org ad that's now running. […] What's your sense of public opinion at this point? Is the prospect of an extended commitment still politically toxic, or do you think the fact that casualties have gone down and the situation on the ground has in many respects improved- is that changing the public dynamic for the election? SANGER: I think it could change the public dynamic, but, of course, you have to remember […] you're always sort of one horrific attack away from something seeming to be low casualty to suddenly seeming to be a big problem again. The McCain campaign has from the start based their theory on the thought that Americans are less upset with us having a big presence there than they are upset with us having constant casualties there. Again, Korea is the interesting comparison where we've had troops for 50 years but because they're fundamentally no or few casualties--essentially no casualties--it's not been a hot political subject. And senator McCain is betting that the same is true with Iraq. The difficulty is it's very difficult to separate the combatants and the troops in Iraq. And so you're never sure how long that low casualty situation is going to remain. Highlight #9 *New ABC Poll Shows President Bush and His Age are Damaging his Numbers *(ABC 06/17/08 06:37pm) CHARLES GIBSON: The results of a new ABC News Washington Post poll, if the election were today the poll shows Obama with a 6 point lead over McCain. Close at this stage but the poll also shows formidable obstacles for John McCain. Only 29% of those polled approve of the job that President Bush is doing. 68% disapprove. And a record high 84% believe the country is headed in the wrong direction. […] GEORGE STEFFANOUPOULIS: This should be a lay up for Barack Obama but the big hurdle for him right now is experience. […] GIBSON: There are some key constituent groups though with which McCain is doing very well. STEFFANOUPOULIS: Independents […] also McCain doing very well with white Catholics […] GIBSON: Which would indicate that he's might be doing an ok job of separating himself from the president. […] Two great unknowns in this race: one we have an African American Candidate and two we have and elderly candidate in the Republican Party. How do those things poll? STEFFANOPOULIS: 40% of voters say that Age is a significant factor. […] […] JAKE TAPPER: […] John McCain formally changed his position on drilling for oil offshore. […] [Clip] BARACK OBAMA: This is yet another reversal by John McCain in terms of his earlier positions. We could set up an interesting debate between the John McCain 2000 and John McCain 2008. JOHN MCCAIN: He wants a windfall profit tax on oil, to go along with a new taxes he also plans on coal and natural gas. TAPPER: But it was only last month when McCain seemed open to the idea himself. MCCAIN: I don't like obscene profits being made anywhere. […] <https://www.box.net/shared/static/e4s8b4ycc4.mov> Highlight #10 *McCain Small Talks About Sports, Family, and Grilling on "Jimmy Kimmel Live", Reveals his Daughter Became a Republican for Father's Day* (ABC 06/17/08 08:08pm) JIMMY KIMMEL: My friend, how was Father's Day for you? JOHN MCCAIN: It was very good, I went down and had a good meal with my son who's at the Naval Academy. He's a fine young man. He's doing much better than I did when I was there, I'll tell you that. [...] KIMMEL: What's your specialty on the grill? MCCAIN: Ribs, Ribs. KIMMEL: What kind of ribs? MCCAIN: Baby Back Ribs, Baby Back Ribs, my friend. [...] KIMMEL: Hey, I did read that your daughter gave you a pretty special gift for Father's day, didn't she? MCCAIN: Yes indeed. She changed her registration. And she finally came back into the fold of the Republican Party. KIMMEL: She was an Independent. 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