US presedential candidates on fuel prices

Something from the wider world - I expect I'm not the only Spokester with an interest in the US Presedential campaign. An article from the NY Times, Gas Prices Expected to Peak in June, contained this overview of the three leading candidates' views on petrol price rises:

The high cost of fuel has become a major issue in the presidential race, with the Democratic candidates, Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, clashing over a summer waiver of the 18.4-cents-a-gallon federal gasoline tax.

The gas tax holiday is supported by Senator Clinton and the presumptive Republican nominee, Senator John McCain, who have both said it would provide some relief in the summer driving season. Senator Obama calls the idea “pandering” and said that cutting
the tax would spur more consumption, pushing prices back up.

I'd already decided I liked Obama, after reading his book The Audacity of Hope earlier this year. But read that last sentence again... I think it is nothing short of amazing that a US politician is airing such a view in the mainstream media, let alone that said politician has a very real shot at being the next President.

Any ex-pat Americans reading this..? Vote for Obama I say. And do Americans really call their summer break the "driving season"!? Jeez!