"My party is demonstrating that they are for states' rights unless they don't like what states are doing. This couldn't be a more classic case of a state responsibility. This Republican Party of Lincoln has become a party of theocracy. There are going to be repercussions from this vote. There are a number of people who feel that the government is getting involved in their personal lives in a way that scares them." - - - Representative Christopher Shays of Connecticut, one of five House Republicans who voted against the Schiavo bill

And Yet the Bush-war party continues to get away with murder. Figuratively and literally.