Taking it to the EPA. Now that’s what I call leadership.

Leadership isn’t a word I ever thought I’d apply to Bill McCollum and mean it, but I have and, at least on this occasion, I do.

If ever a lame duck found a way to get up, get better and sprint to the finish line, it’s Florida’s outgoing attorney general. McCollum led the charge in the lawsuit filed Tuesday against the Environmental Protection Agency over its proposed water standards.