"Our scientists have also seen and measured reduced snowpack, with earlier runoffs in the Pacific Northwest and elsewhere. We have seen sustained drought in the Southwest, and across the world average temperatures that seem to reach new records every few years."....
"We have many advantages in the fight against global warming, but time is not one of them. Instead of idly debating the precise extent of global warming, or the precise timeline of global warming, we need to deal with the central facts of rising temperatures, rising waters, and all the endless troubles that global warming will bring. We stand warned by serious and credible scientists across the world that time is short and the dangers are great. The most relevant question now is whether our own government is equal to the challenge."....
This is all from a speech in 2008--was it Barack Obama, Al Gore, Nancy Pelosi? No, John McCain, the same John McCain who did not even mention climate change as an issue in his reelection campaign website a mere two years later.
For the speech see: http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2008/05/12/mccain-climate-speech/
