By GottaLaff
Industry Gushed Money After Reversal on Drilling --Patrick C. Oxford, whose Texas-based law firm [Bracewell & Giuliani] represents several large oil companies, wrote his first check to McCain on June 27. 27 Jul 2008 Campaign contributions from oil industry executives to Sen. John McCain rose dramatically in the last half of June, after the senator from Arizona made a high-profile split with environmentalists and reversed his opposition to the federal ban on offshore drilling. Oil and gas industry executives and employees donated $1.1 million to McCain last month -- three-quarters of which came after his June 16 speech calling for an end to the ban -- compared with $116,000 in March, $283,000 in April and $208,000 in May.John Sidney McCheeseAisle, flip-flopping his way to bigger and slimier campaign contributions.
