No, you are wrong. Any politician has to weigh their actions seriously. What is the point of taking action and inciting more damage than good, when that action will not succeed.
Anything Bush had done would have been overturned as was shown by the Supreme Courts actions. The laws the legislators put into place insured that his efforts would fail. He cannot ignore the laws the legislators enacted no matter how much he disagrees with them.
Also, the state's rights issues come into play. If the federal government had overturned Florida law, it would mean every other case in any state could be overturned by the federal government based on the majority opinion.
As explained to me by another FR - why should all states be under the opinions generated by the more population centers such as Florida, California, New York. Majority could easily overtake Kansas decisions.
This is why abortion has had such a horrendous affect on government - a federal law that overrode an individual state's right to choose where it stood. Now the whole U.S. is trapped under abortion and all political manueverings hinge on the abortion issue.
It was a simple polite explanation of why some disagreed with the federal government getting involved with Terri's case. And, it made great sense although it would have been nice to save Terri and I wish they had. But, I then understood some hesitation expressed by others.
The bottom line is that Terri was murdered via judicial homicide. Can't get around that. Leaders don't bow to lawless judges.
Someone needed to act according to the oath of office they took. As far as I can see the Florida judiciary has made the Florida Legislature and the Florida Executive branch moot. Florida is run by the Florida Supreme court - might as well send the legislature home - they are useless - anything they do can be found unconstitutional by the Florida Supreme court - such as what happened to Terri's law. It is a mess - and Bush just allowed it to happen cause he did not have the guts to cause a confrontation. Now it is really to late - the game is over and the judges have complete control.