Do a search. MaCain has just come out strongly angainst drilling in ANWAR.
If you're referring to this thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1562973/posts
that's a speech from 2002. Or have you seen a more recent statement? NOTE: I am not defending McCain (spit) and I never would. I'm only correcting the claim that it was a recent statement.