I’m afraid I’m with Malkin on this one. Santorum’s it’s-no-accident-this-happened-in-Boston line may not have been malicious, but it betrayed a habit of mind that looks first to the culture-war implications when it hears about a tragedy. Based on the stats, it looks as though it was an accident this happened in Boston. Santorum’s attempted politicization of the Church scandal might have been appropriate if he were right about a supporting fact pattern. Since he wasn’t, would it kill him to say he was wrong?