Apr 7, 2005: Political memo on Schiavo linked to GOP: "It was shocking — a memo reportedly from Republicans in the Senate that described how taking on the cause of Terri Schiavo would be a political boon. It clearly laid out what America already suspected: that the efforts of Republicans in Congress to reinsert Schiavo's feeding tube were all politics, and no principle.

The memo was so over the top that Republicans immediately disavowed it, claiming that the memo was a forgery produced in the bowels of the Democratic conspiracy machine. Right wing websites and pundits flooded the airwaves with accusations.

But of course it did come from Republicans, specifically a top adviser to new Senator Mel Martinez. The adviser has been forced to resign over the memo, but the legislators who exploited the Schiavo tragedy will keep their jobs (for now)."

(Via DNC: Kicking Ass.)