So glad this guy isn't President....

...even though Obama is a far cry from perfect. John McCain will

oppose the nominations of Bob Abbey as director of the Bureau of Land Management and Wilma Lewis as Interior assistant secretary for land and minerals management when they are voted on by the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. ....[H]e intends after that to place holds on the nominations when they come before the full Senate for a final confirmation vote.

Now, there may be other good reasons to block Bob Abbey, but why is John McCain acting bratty? Because he's hell bent on giving Resolution Copper over 4,200 acres of the Tonto National Forest.

"There are so many problems with this land swap, it's hard to know where to start," said Sandy Bahr, director of the Sierra Club's Grand Canyon Chapter. "First off, it's a huge ripoff of the taxpayers, which is one of the reasons we think they took it to Congress and tried to get it out of the public eye."

The proposed land swap would include Oak Flat campground, which was put off limits to mining by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. It's a key birding area and is well known for its rock climbing areas. The area is also important to the San Carlos Apache and Fort McDowell Yavapai Indian tribes, which oppose its transfer.

It is also habitat for Arizona hedgehog cactus, a federally-listed Endangered species. Not that we expect McCain to care about Arizona's natural resources.