Phill Kline has backed down, removing the Web link to the column equating Kansans who oppose his actions with Nazi sympathizers, which was first reported by this blog.

The Kansas City Star reports the article was removed Friday.

"In the interests of harmony I decided we'll just take it off," said Kline spokesman Brian Burgess, who maintains the taxpayer-funded site for the district attorney's office. "But I won't rule out putting something there again. "Going forward," Burgess said, "I will try to be a little more sensitive to differing points of view. I'm going to try and focus on more news-related stuff."

Yes, "news-related stuff" -- that might be a better option for a taxpayer-funded Web site than articles equating Kansans to the Third Reich.