As the alarmists stage their dramatic pretense at shock and surprise over what is widely being described as a revelation and conversion by South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham, readers of Red Hot Lies will recall the following passage that keeps things in perspective:

“In a March 2008 speech to the Nuclear Energy Institute [Graham] observed ‘The one way to gather support for nuclear energy is to embrace climate change because there’s no way anyone can deny nuclear’s place at the table as it provides a source of energy that doesn’t pollute the planet.’ Yes, Senator, they figured that out some time ago.”

Sen. Graham quite rightly seeks a path forward for the nuclear energy industry, victimized itself by environmental alarmism to the point that its future remained very much in doubt (an explanation for the nukes’ effort to ride this bandwagon, if the very opposite of an excuse). And this longtime sidekick of longtime cap-and-trade enthusiast Sen. John McCain sees a deal on cap-and-trade as that path forward.

Which is all that his current preening represents. To the extent it informs us of anything, it is about Senator Graham, not the merits of cap-and-trade.