Politicians love photo ops with kids. From the stereotypical kissing of babies (and consequent transmission of horrible, horrible rugrat diseases) to reading crappy books to grade schoolers (something W will never live down), they simply can’t get enough of being seen with people who can’t vote for ’em. Every now and then, though, such things actually seem to have a good purpose. Gentlemen, behold:

Tester tells Hamilton boy with missing fingers he ‘can be anything’

Short form: 7-year-old Ethan MacPherson was born missing 3 fingers on his left hand, and has been having some difficulty in a new school as a result. So Senator Jon Tester, who lost three fingers on his left hand to a meat grinder (bleah!) came to the elementary school to talk to Ethan & schoolmates specifically about that issue.

Granted, Tester likely is viewing a political angle to this, but the election season is over. So: