How the status quo media failed on climate change

The Washington Post has one of the best op-ed analyses of the climate bill I've seen.  In the print edition, it's titled "How Washington failed on climate change."

The irony is that it is by Stephen Stromberg, "Deputy opinions editor of washingtonpost.com."  He get two thirds of the blame about right.  First, he notes, "With few exceptions, Republicans have behaved shamefully on climate issues in this Congress, opposing policies that their party embraced in the 1990s (think...