I'm inclined to agree. Everything I know of Fred tells me he would denounce the killing of Terri Schiavo, if he knew more about it.
Nevertheless, he doesn't want to know more about it, and he says here he doesn't want to comment on it any further. He may have to, because he's a candidate; and I think he should, because he's a candidate and it's a vital issue; yet his reasons are understandable.
I would give him the benefit of the doubt except Fred has been asked about the Schievo case before. Last time he said he didn’t remember the details and he got a lot of negative press about it. So, I am sure that his staff - assuming they are not incompetent - have thoroughly briefed him on the case in the month since the last time he was asked. So, when he tells a personal story and indicates that he doesn’t want to talk about it but thinks that the federal and state government - except for the courts - should stay out of it, I don’t see any way to interpret this other than that he would have let the state courts murder Terri without doing anything to stop them.