Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2006 | 7:24 a.m.
There's a fine line between honoring a memory and exploit- ing a tragedy. So it was interesting Monday on the anniversary of 9/11 to see how politicians handled their perceived duty to say something and the seeming imperative to say too much. Sen. Harry Reid spoke on the Senate floor, but without his usual partisan slicing and dicing of the administration. Rep. Jim Gibbons sent out two statements, one under his congressional title and another, longer one, under his gubernatorial campaign banner. Perhaps Rep. Shelley Berkley handled it in the best, classiest way -- a two-sentence release hearkening back to the 9/11 sacrifices and the united front against terrorism. Sometimes, even in politics, brevity is preferred.
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