From a reader:

How can Democrats get away with calling McCain’s proposal to change our current policy (i.e. no drilling) a “failed policy of the past?” Wouldn’t the current lack of drilling (i.e. the “policy of the past” that got us where we are) be the true failure? If the McCain campaign cannot Crazy Glue Obama and the Democrats to the current policy of no drilling, which is objectively a failure, then he does not deserve to be President. Our current policy is effectively the Democrats policy: no domestic drilling, no nuclear power plants, no new refineries, tariffs against ethanol imports, huge subsidies for corn growers, etc. The middle class squeeze of high food and energy prices IS the Democrats policy. If only McCain had the rhetorical skills to hammer that home daily.