ANWR Vote

The Senate is about to vote on allowing drilling in the Alaska National Widlife Refuge in northern Alaska:

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Amid the backdrop of soaring oil and gasoline prices, a sharply divided Senate on Wednesday voted to open the ecologically rich Alaska wildlife refuge to oil drilling, delivering a major energy policy win for President Bush.

For the first time in his career, John Kerry actually makes some sense:

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., argued that more oil would be saved if Congress enacted an energy policy focusing on conservation, more efficient cars and trucks and increased reliance on renewable fuels and expanded oil development in the deep-water Gulf where there are significant reserves.

Indeed. And while we're at it Senator, let's put windmills on Martha Vineyard near your mansion. But of course, Kerry being Kerry, he couldn't keep that good groove going:

"The fact is (drilling in ANWR) is going to be destructive," said Kerry.

Okay, Senator. Just so we have this clear, you would advocate drilling in the Gulf of Mexico--a vital waterway where ocean life is teeming--yet don't support drilling in a frozen wasteland? I guess I'm just not nuanced enough to follow that disjointed logic.