That bit about the “Beltway bubble” would be a low blow, Rod, but it’s too cliched to land. Do Republicans need to do a better job in devising conservative environmental policies? Sure. But the research on pollution and asthma rates doesn’t bear out the tight relationship you’re claiming; the lessons you suggest that Republicans could learn from your new hero are banalities uttered by every single Republican politician in the country; and dragging your son into our debate doesn’t really help matters.