I find claiming man made global warming absolute truth a far more political stand then being skeptical of it, because belief means you must support political action. Carbon credits. gov subsidized electric cars. No more coal. And so on. Saying lets not panic yet it's just a THEORY is actually more level headed.
A handful of politicians mentioning ID means nothing. No one is banning the teaching of evolution. Did any one think, when asked about quantum physics, Einsteins statement "God does not roll dice" he was proposing banning the study of it on religious grounds?