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Whatever else you say about Sarah Palin, she’s got the worst sense of timing in politics today.

Just when the nation is yearning for healing, the same morning members of Congress prepare to gather in prayer, just hours before the president goes to Tucson to deliver a message on the need for us all to pull together â€" Palin decides to pour more gasoline on the flames of hatred and division she has already ignited.

It would have been so easy, and appropriate, for Palin to say what so many other public figures have said. Something like: In light of Saturday’s tragic shooting, it’s important that we all do a little soul-searching about the political rhetoric. I certainly never meant anybody any harm when I put up that map with “bull’s-eyes” on it (her word), but today, looking back, I realize it was probably inappropriate. And I wouldn’t do it again.

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