[Tax-chick]

It is not necessary to judge that behavior harshly to think that his desire to move on, however understandable, compromises his ability to represent his wife fairly.

I'm willing to go on record "judging that behavior harshly."

[cinives]

Why ? I realize I'm opening myself to flames here but think about this: Michael Schiavo has no remedy under the law to get a divorce from hise wife since she is not capable of being responsible for herself under the law, or to turn her care over to anyone else. Parents can "abandon" their children to the state so the state is responsible for their care, but husbands/wives cannot do the same if the other is incapacitated, as in this case.

Wouldn't it be a better remedy if the state allowed him to divorce her, thus turning her care over to her parents or to the state iof the parents didn't step forward (which in this case we know they are eager to do) ?