A politico article about natural gas that talks about carbon emissions
http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uui...
Is J.C. trying to soften his approach now that the handwritting is on the wall about the healthcare vote?

We could just walk away from this Afghan nightmare. We could 'kick the can down the road.' We could do any number of things to just weasel out of this mess and blame it on Bush... but we won't. We will take the responsibility upon ourselves. We will beat ourselves up over the horrors of the war we are now running. We will cry ourselves to sleep, blame Obama for doing... the only thing he can do. The right thing.

We don't have to like it but we should take some pride in being the responsible ones. There is no fixing that place and we will certainly take the blame for the inevitable fallout of ongoing death and destruction. Nevertheless, we aren't walking away. We will find a way to pay for war amid the dozens of other neglected priorities that have been waiting for us to return to government. Thankfully it is Democrats that have the opportunity and obligation to do the heavy lifting of setting things as right as they can be made to be. Nobody else is willing to try.

But that means putting treasured and long neglected projects back on the "Some other day..." list, because we know we cant do everything at once, Damn us.