The presumptive Republican nominee and his backers came to the downtown Hilton earlier today to talk energy policy. McCain got plenty of applause when he called for more offshore drilling (big surprise here in Houston) and when he compared his opponent’s policies to those of Jimmy Carter. We got photos. — Keith Plocek

This article appears in Jun 12-18, 2008.

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