She should have stopped before "but," but she couldn't -- and her backpedaling wasn't much better. Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts Democrat and one-time presidential contender, found herself under fire this week for comments about the shooting of a health insurance executive that effectively justified cold-blooded murder.

Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren excused the outrage at the healthcare industry many Americans have expressed following the assassination of

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts Democrat, drew double-takes for her comments linking the Dec. 4 murder to greedy billionaires benefiting from federal tax cuts and the “vile practices” of insurance companies.