Sticker shock

Pity our men and women in uniform. Yesterday, they were assaulted from the left. Now we find that their sacrifices are being trivialized from the right.

At a recent campaign event in Pennsylvania, Republican Senator Rick Santorum described their service to our nation this way:

And yet we have brave men and women who are willing to step forward because they know what's at stake. They're willing to sacrifice their lives for this great country. What I'm asking all of you tonight is not to put on a uniform. Put on a bumper sticker. Is it that much to ask? Is it that much to ask to step up and serve your country?

And no, he wasn't talking about a Support our Troops bumper sticker. He was talking about a Santorum for Senate bumper sticker. (Skeptics can watch the video in Quicktime here or in Windows Media here.)

Plainly, Pennsylvania's junior senator—long the poster boy of K Street conservatism—has come to believe that what's good for Santorum is good for America. This November, he'll have the chance to see if his constituents agree.

HT: Santorum Exposed.

UPDATE: In this morning's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Senator Santorum denies that he was ever part of the "K Street project." Meanwhile, Chuck Muth—no fan of Rick Santorum—argues: "There is nothing sinister about the K Street project …. It's just the way the game is played in your nation's capital.  It's always been that way.  And it always will."