From The Charleston (W.Va.) Daily Mail - Originally published Wednesday, May 14

The day before the West Virginia primary, presumptive Republican nominee John McCain, assured of victory here, courted independent voters on the nation's Left Coast.
As coal miners in West Virginia and elsewhere produced the coal that provides half the nation's electric power, McCain called for a mandatory limit on greenhouse gas emissions in the United States.
He also reiterated his support for a cap-and-trade system …
Democratic hopefuls Barack Obama of Illinois and Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York immediately condemned McCain's plan of attack as insufficiently aggressive.
Painting oneself green goes over well in the People's Republic of Portland, Ore., where McCain spoke at a wind turbine plant, and there are certainly more votes out there than are at stake in West Virginia.
Still, five electoral college [sic] votes can come in handy in a pinch. …