Now, that would be an inconvenient truth to counter the shrill rhetoric when Congress seizes on high gas prices this summer to pass an, ahem, “energy” bill. As Obama just cynically telegraphed is the plan.

Possibly we might ask why the succession of “comprehensive energy legislation” passed in recent years didn’t do anything before this radical bunch crams another liberal wish-list onto the books, including some variety of global-warming scheme buried within another thousand-plus page bill.