As a person who campaigned passionately for G.W.Bush last year and very recently lived under J.Bush's governorship in Florida (for 4 yrs), I am finding it difficult forming an opinion. I don't know what to think. Maybe they flinched. I'm not too happy with the results thus far. Anyway, I just want to see Terri come out of this ok.
I've been disappointed but I understand the political paralysis. The system of consitutional checks and balances has never meant that courts always have the final say.
I wish I had thought of this approach sooner. I wish they had. I just cannot imagine either of them being arrested for bringing water. It would certainly call into question the authority of a court to order that nobody can bring food or water to a dying person.
At this point I fear it would only be symbolic because I suspect she may be too far gone. But perhaps it would still be an important symbol.