John Kerry: Why I won't back down on climate change - "Climate instability and our oil addiction present immediate, direct threats to America's national security."

A carbon-pricing plan will decrease our dependence on foreign oil, create American jobs, lower energy bills, and protect our environment. This will be the measure of a real bill, and I'm prepared to fight to get this done, following the strategy Winston Churchill laid out at the outbreak of World War II: "Never give in, never give in — never, never, never, never."

That's the rousing final paragraph of a column by the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Foreign Policy...