“So it is with some regret I come to the floor to discuss this important issue with a total lack of bipartisanship on the part of the administration and, again, express my willingness – in fact, my deep desire – to sit down and try to address, in a bipartisan fashion, this compelling issue, which is endangering the future of this planet and certainly our children’s and grandchildren’s future, and that is the issue of climate change.”
Senator John McCain
What he really said is:
Money is more important than our future.
It’s not our plan, it’s the Democrats, so we wont vote for it.
I want to get elected again so I’d rather be in office than save the planet.
Environmentalists said the decision to delay action on the broad climate legislation marked a serious setback.
“It would seem like the longest of long shots to me because the window for opportunity in the fall before the election season goes into high gear is very small,” said Frank O’Donnell, president of Clean Air Watch, an activist group.
So let’s start over or let’s debate some more, or let’s do nothing. Good work, John.
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