McCain makes pitch to women voters

HUDSON, Wis., July 12 (UPI) -- Likely Republican U.S. presidential candidate John McCain says his presumptive opponent would make it harder for women to support families and find jobs.

Speaking before a mostly female audience at a woman-owned Wisconsin business Friday, the Arizona senator blasted Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, his likely Democratic opponent in the November general election, as a "naysayer" whose opposition to domestic offshore oil drilling and the extension of President George Bush's tax cuts will result in women having a tougher time getting jobs and caring for their families, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.

"His answer is 'no," McCain said. "'No' to more drilling, 'no' to more nuclear power. … You know, for a guy whose official seal carried the motto of, 'Yes, we can,' Senator Obama's agenda sure has a lot of, 'No, we can't.'"

During his stop at J&L Steel Erectors in Hudson, Wis., McCain said he supports cutting corporate taxes and doubling the federal child tax credit. Obama has favored instituting middle-income tax breaks and letting Bush's tax cuts, which have mainly benefited wealthier taxpayers, expire.

McCain used the event as a chance to praise one-time Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., for her accomplishments.