Santorum and The Eleventh Commandment

Rick Santorum, the supporter of all things moral, ethical and God-like, did as he should have this past weekend, he obeyed the 11th Commandment. Never heard of #11? I'm not surprised. It goes like this,

11 - When all else fails, saveth thine own skin.

Santorum came out on TV saying that maybe Tom DeLay should be held accountable for his myriad sins. I'm paraphrasing, of course, but it was something like that. And while that sounds like the words of a fine Catholic man, it is really something much more simple. It is the sound of a consumate politician innoculating himself from the coming downfall of the Speaker. Santorum wants to be able to say (a year from now, when his Senate campaign is in full swing) "I was one of the first to call for DeLay's ouster! There was no place for his kind in Congress...and by George, I came out and said so!" Simple as that. A neatly timed political play.

And there is much more of this to come in the months ahead. St. Torum will continue to sidestep to the political center, with a wink and a nod to his evangelical base. A sort of "You know why I'm doing this, don't you? I have to get elected again, so it's time to start fabricating a centrist, reasoned persona. Once I get back in, we can veer as far right as you want! Woohoo and bring on the Rapture!"