Mercy

Thank God, it's over. The judge presiding over the Terry Schiavo case ruled in her husband's favor early Friday afternoon and rejected a request from U.S. House of Representatives attorneys to delay the removal, which he had previously ordered to take place at 1 p.m. EST. Brain-Damaged Woman's Feeding Tube Removed [ABCNews.com]. Michael Schiavo was at his wife's side when the tube was disconnected, making good on his pledge to her years ago that neither would let the other live on as a vegetable.

Love conquers politics. Mercy triumphs. And Terry gets to pass on peacefully to whatever lies beyond life. A happy ending to a tragically sad story about the right to die and political hypocrisy.

 Posted by glenn