Barack Obama and the Democrats have been attempting to paint John McCain as a lacky of the oil industry and Bush Administration. When a reporter in Las Vegas pointed out that McCain voted against Cheney’s bill that included subsidies for oil companies, while Obama voted for it, he was accused of being a McCain proxy.

RALSTON: I guess what the American people want to know though Senator, is what is the real difference between you and John McCain. You are running this ad tying him to the industry saying that he has taken all of these contributions, but as you well know there is a story out today about how you supported the Dick Cheney bill and he opposed it. That bill gave subsidies to the oil and gas companies, John McCain opposed the bill saying those are tax breaks for those companies, Barack Obama favored it.

SEN. OBAMA: Hold on a second Jon, I thought I was talking to you instead of debating John McCain, but I am happy to let you serve as his proxy. The fact of the matter is that I supported that energy bill saying at the time that those tax breaks were wrong but also recognizing that this was the largest investment in alternative energy in history. And that it was important for us, for the solar industry to get off the ground in places like Nevada, for to get wind kicked off the ground, that that was something that we had to do and I immediately said during that time and subsequently that we should strip out those tax breaks for oil companies. I would point out that in December of last year, we had a vote to strip out those tax breaks for oil companies, there was one Senator that did not vote on that measure, and that was John McCain.

The man doesn’t like being interrupted and doesn’t like being challenged. No wonder he abandoned townhall meetings with McCain and will only agree to a total of four debates. He got no more grilling than McCain or any of his surrogates would get on any news show, but Obama flips out. The debates should be fun to watch when/if he ever gets challenged on his statements.