McCain's "Drill Now" Not a Concern TAMPA (WUSF) - Senator John McCain accepted his party's official nomination last night in St. Paul. WUSF has followed delegates at both major party conventions. About an hour after the balloon drop, we talked with GOP delegate Greg Truax of Tampa about the speech.

While impressive looking on TV, the celebratory balloon drop ending the Republican National Convention caused mobility problems for some like Truax.

"The balloons were as high as the chairs," said Truax. "It was so deep it took a while to get out."

Truax is co-chairman of McCain's Hillsborough County campaign. He says the Republican presidential nominee's acceptance speech hit the right tone of bipartisanship.

He is a lifelong Republican who grew up in St. Petersburg. So, he values Florida's white sandy beaches and their economic value. Truax is not concerned by McCain's call to "drill offshore" and "drill now."

"Sen. McCain's position has been that this is a state's rights issue and that's where it should be discussed," Truax said. However, McCain made no such qualifying statements during his speech.

Truax is confident that if Florida goes forward with offshore drilling there will be safeguards for the environment.
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