http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/jeff-flakes-plan-to-politicize-the-national-science-foundation/2012/05/12/gIQAVuddKU_blog.html
It's almost as if Jeff Flake is saying, "As a politician, I want to make there that there is not -- and never will be -- any attempt to apply evaluation of evidence, sound reasoning and logic, or other scientific principles, to the job I do. When topics are purely political -- like the study of our climate -- science should play no part." I don't know if Representative Flake needs a speechwriter, but let's just say I'm available.