McCain opposes farm policies popular in Midwest

Associated Press
By MIKE GLOVER – 7 hours ago (August 6, 2008)

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidate John McCain opposes the $300 billion farm bill and subsidies for ethanol, positions that both supporters and opponents say might cost him votes he needs in the upper Midwest this November.

His Democratic rival, Barack Obama, is making a more traditional regional pitch: He favors the farm bill approved by Congress this year and subsidies for the Midwest-based ethanol industry.

McCain instead has promised to open new markets abroad for farmers to export their commodities.

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