(If the identity above is in error, it's mine -- Ken Briggs)
Caleb Pine indeed gave a moving valedictory speech. My assumption is that Pence wouldn't have objected to any of it. Seeking justice. Loving everyone. Refusing to scapegoat others. Those are surpassing principles. He wasn't talking about their application to hard cases or intend to poise a counterpoint to Pence's troubling political agenda. Pence was the leading point man in rallying Republicans to the degrading substitute for health insurance. And the ardent advocate of slashing social services such as food stamps. Pine might have chosen to oppose those specific assaults on Catholic social principles but exercised his right to take the high road instead. By default, therefore, Pence got a free ride.