The GOP was clearly "damned if they don't, damned if they do" on this one.
Actually, that is only true because they put their noses into the mess. All they had to do was say, "We Republicans respect the rule of law and defer to those who have first hand knowledge of Terri's condition" or "We don't have first-hand knowledge of this case to comment" or even a callous "Terri who?" would've been vastly better than issuing demands without obtaining ALL the facts.
Jumping in and passing motions to restore Terri's feeding tube based on an amazing diagnosis by observing video snippets of a few minutes instead of the conclusions of the experts who've spent months and years examining her was about the stupidest thing they, or anyone else could do for that matter.