Rep. Tom DeLay: "This loss happened because our legal system did not protect the people who need protection most, and that will change. The time will come for the men responsible for this to answer for their behavior, but not today. Today we grieve, we pray, and we hope to God this fate never befalls another."

Like moth to a flame. He can't help himself.

And who is he threatening retribution and punishment against? The judge or Michael Schiavo?