Schwarzenegger, go where Romney has gone before

Comprehensive health care reform eluded America for decades. It was a Republican Governor in liberal Massachusetts who took the first step. Four years later, Mitt Romney's health care plan turned into federal law.

Comprehensive climate policy continues to elude America. It was a Republican Governor in liberal California who took the first step. California's cap-and-trade system has now been officially adopted. Projecting out from the introduction of Arnold Schwarzenegger's ambitious climate plan would put us in 2016.

Better late than never.