The Pittsburg Post-Gazette has the story (via Michelle Malkin):

The family of a Marine who was killed in Iraq is furious with Lt. Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll for showing up uninvited at his funeral this week, handing out her business card and then saying "our government" is against the war.

Rhonda Goodrich of Indiana, Pa., said yesterday that a funeral was held Tuesday at a church in Carnegie for her brother-in-law, Staff Sgt. Joseph Goodrich, 32.

She said he "died bravely and courageously in Iraq on July 10, serving his country."

In a phone interview, Goodrich said the funeral service was packed with people "who wanted to tell his family how Joe had impacted their lives."

Then, suddenly, "one uninvited guest made an appearance, Catherine Baker Knoll."

She sat down next to a Goodrich family member and, during the distribution of communion, said, "Who are you?" Then she handed the family member one of her business cards, which Goodrich said she still has.

"Knoll felt this was an appropriate time to campaign and impose her will on us," Goodrich said. "I am amazed and disgusted Knoll finds a Marine funeral a prime place to campaign.”
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What really upset the family, Goodrich said, is that Knoll said, 'I want you to know our government is against this war,' " Goodrich said.

Classy.

Update: To his credit, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, who apparently does know how to play ball, is distancing himself from this fiasco as fast as he can, reports the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. (via Grassroots PA)

Update II: Pennsylvania's Lt. Governor Catherine Baker Knoll 'apologizes.'

Update III: The "apology" of Pennsylvania Lt. Guv Catherine Baker Knoll here is just astonishing.

"Sgt. Goodrich's service was beyond the call of duty. If my regard for his family's grief was seen another way, it is thoroughly regrettable. The fact that you have been offended deserves and receives my most profound apology," the letter said.

At least she’s faster than Dick Durbin. But she manages, amazingly, to be even more insincere and offensive.

This. Is. Not. Hard. "I screwed up. I’m sorry." Two year-olds do it. What is WRONG with these people??????