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U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, told The Des Moines Register that he tried to get John McCain to ease up on the ethanol attacks and frame the debate in a different way that wouldn’t alienate farmers. King thinks McCain’s vocal opposition to ethanol subsidies played a role in the Arizona Republican’s poor performance in Iowa.
Here is The Register:
U.S. Rep. Steve King, a conservative Republican who won re-election in western Iowa, said he tried without success to get McCain to soften his position on ethanol.
King said he suggested to McCain’s advisers that the candidate talk about the 2015 mandate for ethanol usage as a workable goal. McCain didn’t take the advice and instead kept attacking ethanol, King said.
In the end, ethanol was one of several issues that hurt McCain, including his support for the bailout of the financial system, King said. King said McCain needed to get at least 60 percent of the vote in his district to have a chance at winning Iowa but wound up with less than 50 percent.
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