THE "I'M NOT QUALIFIED" GAMBIT BY CONSERVATIVE POLITICIANS

John Boehner became the latest to use this dodge and was preceded by Rick Scott of Florida and here's why:

"You don’t want what happened to Marco Rubio happen to you,” the consultant said. “And so the viewpoint of politicians is there’s no upside to being dragged into the quicksand of climate change science. It’s the easy way out of a sophisticated conversation.”
Polling also shows the public largely siding with scientists on the reality of climate change and the human impact, while the issue of climate change still lags far behind issues like the economy, jobs and Obamacare. “So what’s the point of a politician diving into climate science?” the GOP consultant asked.