By Jon Winsor Last week, we reported on Mitt Romney taking a "round-Earth position on climate change." Not surprisingly, for certain people, Romney had done the unthinkable: (Of course, Rush has opposed nominees who've won the nomination before--for instance, John McCain last year.) Later, Romney's questioner actually called in to Limbaugh's show, and did an admirable job:
CALLER: ...First of all, I wanted to specify the difference between policy and science... And I specifically quoted from a 2010 National Academy of Sciences report, and two quotes here. The first is, they concluded -- and, by the way, the National Academy of Sciences, as you know, is considered the Supreme Court of science in this country. It was founded in 1863 by Abraham Lincoln, and it's charged with giving the Congress unbiased scientific information. Now, their conclusion was, quote, "A strong, credible body of scientific evidence shows that climate change is ...
