Ya, i know what you meant.

That was just my crazy idea tangent. I get those from time to time.

But for basic situations, you could get a 6V or so adhesive backed LED strip that you can put in place where the CCFL used to be. And then disconnect the inverter out of circuit.

And put a regulator circuit in place of where the inverter used to be, so you can adjust LED brightness with the original brightness pot