While I do think Fred’s view can be reasonably disputed, I also see what he’s saying. That wasn’t my point. My point was, I think his comments on Schiavo hurt him with conservative voters, some of whom (me for one) think it is horrifying that a disabled woman who isn’t dying, and who committed no crime, should be destroyed in a way it’s illegal to kill a hog.
I think you are faulting Fred because he did not want to respond to such a complicated case on the fly. He does not give snap answers, which is why he will make such a great President. His answer, that the family should decide and if they cannot decide, the state courts should decide, is the correct approach in 99.99% of the cases, and it yields the correct answer in the vast, vast majority of the cases. The fact that the system broke down in one case is no reason to scrap the system. To base your vote on a single tragic incident like this that no one could prevent, including Jeb Bush, is a little shortsighted IMHO.