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Romney: McCain Doesn’t Speak For McCain When He Suggests Renegotiating The Colorado River Compact

Eschaton found this 8/20/2008 on thinkprogress.org

Last week, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) walked into a bipartisan wave of condemnation in Colorado when he told the Pueblo Chieftain that the 1922 Colorado River compact , which governs the allocation of the river’s water among seven states, “needs to be renegotiated over time”: “I don’t think there’s any doubt the major, major issue is water and can be as ...