It's amazing how quickly a real child's suffering and even salvation can be turned into a political football and/or philosophical bludgeon. She's not a policy, she's not a choice, she's a nine-year-old girl, every bit as unique as the rest of us, and maybe that's the real source of the pain. We all drive down the road past dozens, even hundreds of houses that could potentially hold such horror. Forget mandating a solution, go hug a kid, right now.