McCain sought to distance himself from Bush by delivering the speech in New Orleans, a city whose ravages from Hurricane Katrina became a glaring symbol of Bush administration incompetence. The Arizona senator campaigned here six weeks ago, vowing that such a disaster would never again be handled in such a disgraceful way.He contrasted his views on global warming and energy independence with those of Bush, and he criticized Obama for voting for Bush's energy bill, which he said gave more breaks to the oil industry.
"I opposed it because I know we won't achieve energy independence by repeating the mistakes of the last half century. That's not change we can believe in," McCain said, once again evoking Obama's campaign theme, "Change we can believe in."
In a play on the slogan, McCain spoke in front of a campaign banner that read, "A leader we can believe in."
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