Backlash, shmacklash. GET BACK TO TENDING YOUR FIELD, SERF!
On a serious note, this can only benefit the Dems.
They + the media will paint this as an issue split cleanly along party lines, since the administration brought this case in the first place.
Can you imagine the outcry if someone DIED of thier disease during or even after their prosecution?
This is a public relations nightmare waiting to happen.
I hope that the DoJ uses its good judgment in this area.