[Ohioan from Florida]

You're right on in your observation of MS's selective "promise keeping". What about the part "to have and to hold 'til death do us part?"

It appears to me that Mikey boy thinks "to have" means that Terri is an object he possesses, and that "to hold 'til death do us part" means "strangle until death occurs". And if strangling doesn't do it, then starving and dehydrating 'til death do us part is the subliminal meaning.< /sarcasm>

[Theodore R.]

There was nothing said on Oprah about Schiavo having starved and dehydrated his parents. It seems like the Schindlers would have tried to bring that point out, but again they don't want him to take away the visitation rights again. They are so bound by evil in this case.