They have to ask themselves if they've done enough.
And I'm sick of hearing that idiotic argument. Comparing an ordinary citizen's power to that of a governor is beyond ludicrous. Are Terri's parents asking for a commando raid? NO. Are they asking for Jeb to intervene? YES. By your reasoning, the PARENTS shouldn't be asking for Jeb's help unless they are willing to mount a commando style raid. What a crock of crap.
I have been a big supporter of the Bushes, but they are wimping out here, big time. It's all politics. Ask yourself this question - If the polls showed that 70% of the public was outraged and thought Terri should be saved, do you still think Jeb wouldn't intervene?
If 70% of the public was outraged he wouldn't have to. Judge Greer is elected too, you know.
Now people are demanding he saddle up the state police and go down and battle the local police to drag her out of there.
You support that ridiculous option?
You say that in a derogatory way, but in fact, it is both critical and defensible for Jeb Bush to take this into account.
Even if we accept the argument that Jeb is legally entitled to violate court orders and rescue Terri Schiavo, he remains accountable to his constituents. So if 70% of Floridians disapprove of the act---which is not unlikely, given that plenty of conservatives would see it as an improper overreach of executive power---then his time as governor will be sorely limited.
Now you might say, well, yeah, but since when are votes more important than lives? Simple: when votes ARE lives. Do you really think that those 70% would toss Jeb Bush out in favor of someone who is more pro-life than Jeb? No friggin' way. The backlash will be severe in its consequences on abortion and euthanasia law; and the conservatives will live to regret it.
It's called losing a battle but living on to fight the war.