McCain's Space Elevator

In this TCSDaily article I suggested that to help themselves in the 2006 midterm elections Republicans should "commit the government to building a space elevator by 2020." Well, Republicans didn't take my suggestion and consequently were decimated in the 2006 midterms.

Building a space elevator has just become vastly more practical because scientists have figured out how to"grow nanowires of unlimited length." So I now urge John McCain to advocate building a space elevator. McCain seems like the type of politician who would support a bold project that would showcase America's technological dominance while giving the U.S. military a tremendous boost.