By Larry Eichel WILKES-BARRE – With Barack Obama in the Middle East, John McCain came to Northeastern Pennsylvania today and again criticized his Democratic

John McCain, stumping today in what could be the make-or-break state of Pennsylvania, is focusing on energy and hawking his plan for reducing dependence on foreign oil.
"We need to use nuclear," the presumptive Republican nominee declared at a town hall meeting in Wilkes-Barre, some 100 miles from Three Mile Island, the site, in March 1979, of the worst nuclear mishap in US history.
o ban on offshore oil drilling. "We need to drill offshore," McCain told the town hall meeting.

ABC News' Bret Hovell Reports: The McCain campaign had a small bit of fun in store for the press corps traveling with the presumptive Republican nominee Tuesday night – a press credential playing on one of their themes from Tuesday: that the media is in love with McCain's Democratic rival, Sen. Barack Obama.
After the campaign touched down in Wilkes-Barre, PA, Tuesday evening, the press staff handed out the credential.
eme song to describe the so-called love affair between the press and Obama.