[af_vet_rr]

People are simply not that interested in the state intruding any further into those sorts of decisions.

You wouldn't know that from what politicians (from both parties) have been saying the past two days. As far as they are concerned, the federal government needs to be involved at every level. This could turn into a nightmare, especially if your a Conservative working to reduce the power of the federal government.

Regardless, hopefully this will force people to update their wills, and to make it very clear what they want in case something like this happens. I've made it clear, both in conversation and on paper, what I want, and I hope others do the same, before they have the federal government intervene.

[general_re]

You wouldn't know that from what politicians (from both parties) have been saying the past two days.

They'll find out if they try pushing it, I suspect, which is why they won't push it. Prediction: there'll be some more shouting for a while, and then the issue will melt away from the front pages without any substantial changes being made to the laws on guardianship.

As far as they are concerned, the federal government needs to be involved at every level.

Yeah. Sure is nice to know that if I ever fall into a vegetative state, or become otherwise incapacitated, Congress will be right there for me, dropping everything in order to insure that my wife's doing a good job of figuring out what I would have wanted. I'm sure she'll also appreciate 535 complete strangers telling her that she might not know me or be doing a good job representing me. Who wouldn't appreciate that kind of state "help" with the most intimate, personal and difficult decisions anyone is ever likely to face?