Obama to Focus on Energy Security Today

From CBS News' Maria Gavrilovic:

(CHICAGO) Barack Obama will focus on energy security today at a campaign stop in Dayton, Ohio. Obama will accuse the Bush Administration and John McCain of lacking a long term energy plan, and will argue that the dependence on foreign oil poses a threat to national security.

Both McCain and Obama have been squabbling about their respective energy plans for months now. Yesterday McCain called Obama the “Dr. No” on energy policy.

“He's against nuclear power. He's against the storing of spent nuclear fuel and he's against reprocessing. He's against offshore drilling. He's against offering a reward for the development of an electric car,” McCain said, “He's against everything we need to do in order to make this nation energy independent.”

The Obama campaign released an ad earlier this week accusing McCain of cozying up with oil and gas companies.

"On gas prices, John McCain's part of the problem," the narrator says, "McCain and Bush support a drilling plan that won't produce a drop of oil for seven years. McCain will give more tax breaks to big oil. He's voted with Bush 95 percent of the time."