At a speech about health care in Boston this afternoon, a group of activists (I tried to find a statement identifying them, but couldn't) interrupted President Obama, yelling in unison, "Mr. President, [inaudible] Keystone XL! Stop climate change! For our generation! Stop the pipeline!"

Here's the video (via Mediaite):

Obama smiled, laughed, and replied mockingly: "That is the wrong rally. We had the climate change rally back in the summer. This is the health care rally."

If George W. Bush was still president and responded that way, he'd be torn to shreds by liberals for being so callous about the environment. I wonder if anyone in the sycophantic crowd who cheered Obama's response will come to regret that, say, by around the time Maldives succumbs to higher, warmer sea levels. The president, meanwhile, could stand to take a hint from Mayor Mike McGinn and get serious about divesting from fossil fuels. McGinn received a warm reception when he spoke at a rally opposing the Keystone XL pipeline last month. Obama is expected to decide whether to approve the controversial pipeline, which carries oil from tar sands in Canada, next year.