McGrath, I can't speak for all people who voted for Bush, but I did not follow this issue that closely. If his promise was to do something constructive to lower air pollutants, than rejecting the Kyoto deal is not antithetical, it is not a good deal and it will not be constructive, outside of being a costly gesture. It would be more effective to develop a U.S. law than to sign an unenforcable international agreement. If his promise was to sign the Kyoto deal, then I'm glad his position changed

"In science it often happens that scientists say, "You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken," and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion." --Carl Sagan