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I don't often post twice in one day, but this came across my desk and I simply had to comment. 

I have written extensively about the progress of the Climate Bill in Congress.  Today, Lindsay Graham, Republican participant in the Kerry-Lieberman-Graham effort to put forward a bipartisan Senate version of a climate bill announced that he would not participate in developing climate legislation because of the BP oil spill.  According to the New York Times:

“In addition to immigration, we now have to deal with a catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico which creates new policy and political challenges not envisioned in our original discussions. In light of this, I believe it would be wise to pause the process and reassess where we stand.”

What? Let me see if I understand this correctly--we have a huge environmental problem, so we cannot deal with our...huge environmental problem? Does anyone see this as a cynical pretext for actually having to particpate in putting forward a  bipartisan effort towards getting a climate bill passed?