McCain's Tough Talk to Auto Workers

CBS News: From the Road (campaign)
July 18, 2008, 11:32 AM

From CBS News' John Bentley (WARREN, MICH.)

John McCain gave an abbreviated version of his economy speech tailored to Detroit – singing the praises of General Motors development of the Chevrolet Volt, an electric-gas hybrid that GM hopes to bring on the market in 2010. But he also gave some answers that the employees here at this town hall meeting held at GM headquarters probably didn’t want to hear on the issues of ethanol and the future of automakers.

While supporting tax credits for people who buy hybrid vehicles, he also said that the current business model of American carmakers in unsustainable.

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