http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/05/06/hig.../

THE ARGUING between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton over the inane gas-tax
holiday is more telling for what is not said than whether Obama is elitist
for snubbing it or whether Clinton is a pander bear for supporting it. Both
are still cubs nursing in big oil's den.

When Exxon Mobil last week posted its second-highest quarterly profits ever,
$10.9 billion, Clinton said, "This is truly Dick Cheney's wonderland. But on
Main Street, middle class families are facing devastating choices every day
between buying groceries and filling up their gas tanks . . . We need to set
a new course for our long-term energy strategy and move away from oil."

Two days before Exxon's profits were announced, Obama said oil companies
"are making billions and it's time we made them give back . . . what we're
talking about now is a Washington con game, and I think the American people
are smarter than Washington and will see right through it."

Unfortunately, it is easy to see through the posturing of Clinton and Obama.
They need to do some gas rationing of their own.