Claire McCaskill, Kit Bond team up to save the smog

A rare showing of touching bipartisan agreement paid off late last week, when seven senators talked the Environmental Protection Agency into nixing new rules set at reducing ozone in cities.

And Missouri’s own two senators deserve much of the credit. The EPA had faced an August deadline to make the changes, which have set new standards for acceptable urban air quality. But under pressure from the Smoggy Seven, including Claire McCaskill and Kit Bond, the Bush Era ozone rules will remain in place at least until October.