the service, which featured speeches from Wellstone family members and friends who urged the crowd to remember Wellstone when they cast their votes next week
Imagine that... his family and friends urging everyone to continue Wellstone's fight.
I'm not at all surprised that a memorial for a politician turned into a political rally.
I'm not a big Wellstone follower, but from what I've read about him, I doubt that he would have disapproved. Not that it matters. Funerals/memorials/wakes are for the living, not for the dead.
Of course... maybe the view from that high horse is a bit different than mine.