McCain: 'Ethanol is a joke' - The Hill's E2-Wire

By Bridget Johnson - 01/23/11 11:01 AM ET

"Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) sees an easy target in the drive to cut spending while leaving no 'sacred cow' untouched.

'Ethanol is a joke,' he said Sunday on CBS' 'Face the Nation,' saying that programs promoting the corn-derived fuel are wasting money.


'And it's a multibillion dollar spending -- all ag subsidies, sugar subsidies, all these things, they have to be examined,' he said."