McCain tells Iowans he still dislikes 'wildly popular' farm subsidies

[KSinTX]

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iNxTApa2sQRu0Xx99P3jt2bEXw7gD90DCENO0

McCain tells Iowans he would veto farm bill over subsidies

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Some things never change: Republican John McCain dislikes farm subsidies.

"I have to give you a little straight talk about the farm bill that is wending its way through Congress," McCain said Thursday at the Polk County Convention Center.

"I do not support it. I would veto it," he said. "I would do that because I believe that the subsidies are unnecessary."

McCain was in the heart of farm country, a place where subsidies for corn and ethanol fuel are wildly popular.

His long-held position against subsidies has cost him in Iowa, the state that traditionally begins the presidential nominating process and is a potential swing state in the fall. Yet the Arizona senator didn't hesitate to bring up the issue.

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Not pandering here; just on gas tax, I suppose.

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

1. It would be nice if those subsidies went to the small family farms that need them

instead of to the giant corporate farms who know how to play the system.

[KSinTX]

2. If anyone cared enough, that could be addressed in the bill right now

It might require an extra half-day to get the correct phrase inserted, but wouldn't it be worth it? Instead of drinking beers and bowling, that would be something these candidates could certainly do to help the very people they're trying to reach.