"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," the Washington Post reports.
"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."
McCain in June kicked up a controversy by saying he now favors allowing states -- like Florida -- to decide whether to lift the ban on offshore drilling. Enviros and Democrats say the solution to high gas prices can't be found through drilling.
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