Wow. It’s when I read stuff like this that I wonder if there’s an office-holding Republican left who hasn’t completely lost touch with reality.

“It’s disturbing that Howard Dean would plot to use the life of Terri Schiavo for political gain,” [Republican National Committee spokeswoman Tracey Schmitt] said Saturday. “This demonstrates a troubling lack of sensitivity and one would hope that Democrat leaders in Congress would reject such a strategy.

“The American people expect their leaders to provide solutions and principled leadership rather than overt partisan politicking.”