McCain: Georgia conflict threatens energy supplies

COSTA MESA, California (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Saturday criticized Russia’s military operations against Georgia, arguing the conflict poses a grave threat to world energy supplies.

In his weekly radio address, the Arizona senator said a disruption of energy supplies abroad could raise prices, “inflicting great harm on our economy and on America workers.”

For the next U.S. president, said McCain who faces Democrat Barack Obama for the job, “skillful handling of such a crisis could be the difference between temporary hardship and far-reaching disaster.”

Reuters