While I applaud the decision by Congress and the President, I fear it comes too late to make a decision. Common sense and morality may say to do one thing, but the law (collectively as a whole) cannot.
For this same reason, the president or Gov. Bush cannot charge in and take custody of Terri, as much as we would all like that to happen. The precedent THAT would set would be frightening indeed.
One thought has crossed my mind...why doesn't the president issue an "executive order." As I understand executive orders, they essentially mean a law means this because "I, the President of the United States, says it does."
If nothing else, it could get the tube reinserted.
What do you think of the possibility of the President ordering the federal marshal service to protect her as a lawfully-subpoenaed witness based on the Congressional summons?
On the topic of EOs... he can only issue them as directives to parts of the executive branch of government, but conceivably he could issue one to the marshals.