On Terri Schiavo

I was very torn when the news came about the Schiavo case Friday. It's very difficult to fathom the burden of choosing to take away the feeding tube of a person who appears conscious and responding to some type of stimulus. But the nature of involuntary motor fucntions, must have been taken into account. In a state like Florida, I'm sure the medical staff has come under a lot of pressure to find excuses not to let this happen, but after a decade and a half struggle, here we are. Mr Schiavo has the legal right to do this.(Yes even over the objections of her parents and siblings, or don't the conservative still believe in the primacy of the marital bond ) And this type of situation has been ajudicated and settled, remember Karen Ann Quinlan. That's why I believe the husband when his says , that he had talked about this type of situation with his wife. I'm a year older than Mrs. Schiavo, and I remember the Quinlan case while in Jr. High and it made an impression on me and I'm sure on a lot of kids of that time, so it's quite conceivable that this would be a topic of discussion for a young couple of that age. Now if you asked me what I would have done in a similar situation, if I were predisposed to let my wife go and her parents wanted to let her remain on some form of life support. I would probably have left the decision to her parents. But that would have been my decision, Michael Schiavo has a right to his.
And a totally cynical after thought. How discusting is it that on this polarizing wretching issue the Republican decide that the moral calvary would be led by the most ethically challenged Republican in Congress? Does this sit well that the Exterminator,(Irony abounds) would use THIS to rehabilitate his image ? Yuck !