According to the Washington Post, John McCain hit a gusher after he flip-flopped on offshore drilling and came out in favor of it.

Oil and gas industry executives and employees donated $1.1 million to McCain last month — three-quarters of which came after his June 16 speech calling for an end to the ban — compared with $116,000 in March, $283,000 in April and $208,000 in May

Of course, McCain says it’s about oil prices, but as I and others point out, offshore drilling does nothing for oil prices other than let oil companies off the hook for behaving responsibly and reinvesting in alternative fuels. After all, why should they when all they need to do is open the pocketbooks to the pandering candidate of their choice?

It sure didn’t take John McCain long to shed his maverick jacket in favor of a nameplate at Exxon/Mobil, Chevron, BP, and the rest of them, did it? Here’s what he’s trying to sell in exchange for the Presidency:

That’s what it looked like last Wednesday. What will it look like a year from now?