From James Taranto’s “Best of the Web” column:

John Kerry, the former junior senator from Massachusetts who by the way served in Vietnam, is leading the effort in the Senate to pass Cap’n Trade, a measure to combat so-called global warming by imposing massive taxes on energy. Blogger Dan Calabrese notes a revealing Kerry quote from last week:
Let me emphasize something very strongly as we begin this discussion. The United States has already this year alone achieved a 6% reduction in emissions simply because of the downturn in the economy, so we are effectively saying we need to go another 14%.
Wow. To accomplish Kerry’s environmental goals, all we need to do is shrink the economy even more and keep it shrunken — in other words, for the recession to turn into a permanent depression. If you think that’s a good idea, call your senator and urge him to vote “yes” on Cap’n Trade!