Well first off this ranks as smelling bullshit to me. I think he's caught between his positions on Schiavo and The Death Penality and he releases he can't say the same things for both.
Santorum rethinks death penalty stance
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
By Ann Rodgers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A new poll showing that Catholics are backing off support for the death penalty was no surprise to U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, an outspoken conservative Catholic, who says he has been re-examining his own view.
He has not become an abolitionist, and he believes church teaching against the death penalty carries less weight than its longer-standing opposition to abortion. But he questions what he once unquestioningly supported.
"I felt very troubled about cases where someone may have been convicted wrongly. DNA evidence definitely should be used when possible," he said.
"I agree with the pope that in the civilized world ... the application of the death penalty should be limited. I would definitely agree with that. I would certainly suggest there probably should be some further limits on what we use it for."
He spoke in a brief phone interview after the U.S. Catholic bishops launched a renewed push against the death penalty. Their poll showed that Catholics who attend Mass daily -- among the Americans most likely to have voted for President Bush -- also are among the most likely to oppose capital punishment.
While I hate to use this Term.....but if this isn't a flip flop I don't know what is.
I'm curious as to what the Senator from Penn had to say about Kerry's flip flops during the 2004 election?
Oh well lets just chalk this up to crazy old republicans speaking before they speak....or maybe just speaking after all thinking at any point may be giving them too much credit.
here is the link:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05081/475366.stm