Clara Lou, the whole country and in particular the US Congress had an opinion on Schiavo.
Whether or not, as you said, “The whole country had an opinion,” has nothing to do with my comment. The whole country was not as immersed in the day-to-day details of the situation as folk here at FR were. Your comment is illogical, to say the least. But, then, it appears that you have another iron in the fire.