...facts be damned, the Republicans are on message and staying there. They are reducing a complex, deep-rooted problem that's been building for decades into a simplistic slogan: Drill.
...But debate based on facts would take the Republicans off message. And message matters more than truth.
Example: McConnell's bald-faced lie about Democrat Bruce Lunsford's position on opening more of the ocean to drilling.
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