"Cap-and-trade was just one way of skinning the cat; it was not the only way. It was a means, not an end" Oh c'mon. It was an "end", and that is why he's denying it. Cap'n Trade has been an Obama thing since his days at the Joyce Foundation. Cap'n Trade was a way around cutting emissions invented by Enron. (Really!) Goldman Sachs would be crying, but I think they knew the scam was up a year ago with the CRU emails release, so they sold the CCX (Chicago Climate Exchange) for a gazillion dollars to some suckers months ago. Cap'n Trade dead in America. Hard to believe. Biggest financial scam in world history, money wise. Still going on in Europe, some bottom feeders will milk it for what its worth in the progressive New England and Cali that have embraced this desecration of environmental good intentions.