The Hill
Graham: Immigration would 'destroy ability to do climate change'
By Ben Geman - 04/22/10 01:27 PM ET

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Thursday said the Senate is not ready to tackle immigration reform and that bringing a bill forward would be "CYA politics."

CYA is slang for "cover your a**."

Graham also said moving ahead with immigration would scuttle the Senate’s capacity to deal with climate legislation. “It destroys the ability to do something like energy and climate,â€