[aristeides]

Toricelli was givin a choice. Quit, or die. He chose to quit.

Wellstone was presumably given no such choice. There was more than one reason for him to die. Not only was there too much of a chance for the Dems that he would lose the election. But he had also shown that he would sometimes not obey orders, like when he voted against the Iraq resolution. And his death gave the Dems a chance to nationalize the election and energize their flagging leftist base in the name of the dead senator. Just the sort of thing to appeal to the perverse Clintons.

[spycatcher]

All I know is coldly manipulating grieving children, dancing on the guy's fresh corpse, then swinging the dead man around like a rally towel raises suspicions about motives.