"Congressman Weiner knows that asking the local investment community for pennies - pennies - to invest in our school kids is not a tax on the middle class," he said.

The wall, which carries pictures and mementos of the dead, must be removed, Congressman Weiner said, because owners of the site want to build on the property.

In an interview, Congressman Weiner said that everyone he had met with, including relatives of victims, knew that the wall was temporary.

If only Congressman Weiner had known that the invitation itself would become a political misstep.

A disgrace if Congressman Weiner really did this and started this train wreck rolling.

I have never met Congressman Weiner, though I am a fan.

"Congressman Weiner and others seem to be saying we missed an opportunity to hurt the stadium," Ms. Quinn said.

In the caddishness category, consider what Congressman Weiner did not do: