<Politicans who have died in plane crashes:

Prominent politicians killed in airplane crashes:

Oct. 16, 2000 - Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan (Democrat), his son and an aide killed when their small plane crashes in bad weather in Missouri. Carnahan was running for the U.S. Senate.

April 19, 1993: South Dakota Gov. George Mickelson (Republican), was killed along with seven other people when their state-owned plane crashed in a rainstorm near Dubque, Iowa.

April 5, 1991 - Former Sen. John Tower (Republican) and NASA astronaut Manley "Sonny" Carter Jr. among those killed in the crash of an Atlantic Southeast Airlines flight near Brunswick, Ga.

April 1, 1991 - Sen. John Heinz (Republican), killed when his plane collides with a helicopter over Merion, Pa.

Aug. 7, 1989 - Rep. Mickey Leland (Democrat), ...who chaired the House Select Committee on Hunger, killed when plane crashes during a trip to inspect relief efforts in Ethiopia.

Sept. 1, 1983 - Rep. Larry McDonald, (Democrat), was killed when Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was shot down by a Russian fighter.

Oct. 16, 1972 - House Majority Leader Hale Boggs and Rep. Nick Begich (Democrats), killed when their plane disappears over Alaska.

If you see any "pattern" to this other than crappy luck on the part of a group of people who spend an awful lot of time travelling, then maybe the dots you're connecting are inside your eyeballs.