Not much more to say other to just repeat that we need to do whatever it takes to bring Santorum down on '06, even if it means supporting Bob Casey.

WASHINGTON - In a rare personal attack on the Senate floor Wednesday, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy called Pennsylvania Republican Rick Santorum self-righteous and insensitive for his remarks linking Boston's liberal reputation to the clergy sex abuse scandal.

In recent days, Santorum has refused to back down from comments he made in a 2002 column, in which he said promoting alternative lifestyles spawns aberrant behavior, such as priests molesting children. He went on to say that it was not surprising that liberal Boston was at the center of the scandal.

"The people of Boston are to blame for the clergy sexual abuse? That is an irresponsible, insensitive and inexcusable thing to say," said Kennedy, D-Mass., in a speech from the Senate chamber.

Kennedy called for Santorum to apologize to the people of Boston and Massachusetts.

More in extended entry

Now I know there's a lot of debate out there to whether Casey is the type of Democrat that we should be sending to D.C., but rightly or wrongly, I'd rather just see Santorum bounced out in '06 and it appears that Casey has the ability to do just that.

The AP article is in the extended entry.