The presidential campaign is about to crash into the Senate again -- this time because of John McCain's "gas tax holiday" idea.
It got decidedly mixed reviews from Republican leaders yesterday when McCain proposed it in a speech on the economy. But now, he and his Arizona colleague, Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl, are about to introduce it as an amendment to the highway technical corrections bill the Senate is debating now.
The idea, as McCain explained it in his speech in Pittsburgh yesterday, is to suspend the 18.4 cent federal gas tax and the 24.4 cent diesel tax between Memorial Day and Labor Day as a way to help families who are struggling with rising gas prices.
The amendment could be filed Thursday, which raises the prospect that a vote could come later in the day, if Senate leaders reach an agreement on what amendments to allow. If the Kyl-McCain amendment is one of them, that, in turn, raises the possibility that McCain would return to the Senate for the vote.
There's no guarantee that a vote would come that soon, McCain's aides say. But they note that if it does happen, he'll be in Washington tomorrow anyway.
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