Who's right on the Terri Schiavo case? Well let the conservatives slug it out with the libertarians. Meanwhile, I think that Peggy Noonan has gone off the reservation with her claim that the Repubilcans will pay dearly fail to keep Schiavo. Why? Because they control all the levers of power and letting Shiavo succumb would cost the Repubilcans their right-to-life base. Apparently, the Republican leadership is paying attention. Michael Schiavo, the much maligned husband who wants to end his wife's life says GOP posturing is all about getting votes.
The libertarians will have none of the sanctimony, arguing that the decision to end a life is a private matter that doesn't warrent government intervention. No one is committing fraud; someone's in charge according to the courts and that's the husband. What business does Congress have in overruling a federal court judge? What ever happened to the separation of powers? Will the Repubilcans overreach one more time, (the real reason they may lose.)
Samizdata.net carries the water for the pull-the-plug crowd rather convincingly. And Micha Gertner at Catallarchy will brook no Schiavo analogies to the Holocaust.
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