Earlier this morning, I saw Barack Obama speak on television in Indianapolis on the need to have lower gasoline prices.

Well, who could be against that? Obama, for one.

Senator John McCain has proposed a summer federal gasoline “tax holiday,” which Obama opposes. Hillary Clinton supports it.

In 2000, Illinois had a summer gas tax holiday, which then-State Senator Barack Obama voted for, as State Senator Matt Murphy (R-Mount Prospect), points out in this Illinois Republican Party press release:

The gas tax moratorium passed in 2000 with Barack Obama’s help lowered gas prices and saved Illinois drivers hundreds of millions of dollars. So I’m surprised to learn that Obama now opposes a federal moratorium this summer. Lowering gas prices would deliver immediate relief to American drivers and help grow our economy. It worked in Illinois, and it would work nationwide. John McCain understands the plight of hardworking American families, that’s why he’s proposed a moratorium on the federal gas tax when we need it most.