Homegrown terrorist Eric Rudolph is officially sentenced to life in prison as part of a plea bargain in the Birmingham, Ala., abortion clinic bombing. (He also seemingly bombed half of Atlanta: Olympic Park, another abortion clinic and a gay bar.)

And before any of the nuts make a case that he was a hero, keep in mind his normal M.O. was to plant two bombs -- one to blow up the abortion clinic (which fits with his saving babies mentality) and the second to explode minutes later (which targeted police, fire and rescue personnel -- none of which had anything to do with abortion).

He deserves the needle. Let's hope some lifer has an idle shank handy, although I assume he will serve his time in a more secure federal pen.