Mass. Politicians Tell Senator to Apologize

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) led a number of Massachusetts politicians in demanding that the third-ranking Republican in the Senate, Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, apologize for blaming the Catholic Church’s sex abuse scandal on “liberalism” in Boston.

In an unusually personal speech on the Senate floor, Kennedy said “Boston-bashing might be in vogue with some Republicans, but Rick Santorum’s statements are beyond the pale.”

Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) said the families of Massachusetts soldiers who have died in Iraq “know more about the mainstream American values of Massachusetts than Rick Santorum ever will.”