How seriously do Westerners take their water conflicts? Arizona Sen. John McCain brought it up yesterday during the White House health care debate. From the Washington Post’s transcript:

There’s two examples right now of medical malpractice reform that is working. One’s called California, the other called — called Texas.

I won’t talk about California, because the Arizonans hate California, because they’ve stolen our water.

(thanks to Lissa, my personal health care policy expert, who was watching yesterday)