Tom Coburn: 'I'm A Global Warming Denier. I Don't Deny That.'

In a speech to the Tulsa Regional Chamber of Commerce on Monday night, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) gladly accepted a moniker that is most often used as a slur: "global warming denier."

The Tulsa World captured his remarks :

"I am a global warming denier. I don't deny that."

The climate is changing, and has been as long as there has been a climate, he said.

As a physician and a man of science, Coburn said he thinks the evidence points that the Earth is moving into a "mini-ice age."

It's not exactly a new stance for Coburn. He's previously called climate change "malarkey " and referred to the people who believe the science that indicates it is happening as "climate scare people."

To be fair, Coburn isn't a big fan of political science , either.