"Michael Schiavo could have taken the honorable path - "
Amazing what is now called "the honorable path"
... abandon your wife and do not follow her wishes - wash your hands and walk away
Notice it's only HIM and HIS family that seem to know Terri's wishes. Funny, I would've told my parents and my friends whether or not I wanted to die in that situation, not my brother-in-law. (As a matter of fact, I have told my friends.) And it's only after he got his money that he wanted to act on "her wishes."