Certain ambitious politicians aren't above using the anniversary of 9-11 to promote distasteful policy goals.
Rep. Tom Tancredo has dropped a plan to commemorate ''victims of illegal immigration and open borders'' on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
The event was to include relatives of those who died Sept. 11, as well as people who lost their jobs to illegal immigrants and people injured by illegal immigrant drunken drivers and criminals.
At least someone had the sense to tell Rep. Tancredo how bad the idea was.
The event, however, has been replaced by ''A Day of Remembrance for 9-11 Victims.'' It, too, is sponsored by the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus chaired by Tancredo.
In August, the Colorado Republican was asked if the original event might be seen as equating the Sept. 11 attacks that killed 3,000 people with the crime of crossing the border for a job.
Ya think?
