In a case full of bizarre twists, Congress moved to have our severely brain-damaged president reattached to the feeding tube sustaining his life. The tube feeding has twice been halted and resumed in the past amid legal wrangles. Until now, federal courts have turned the case back to state courts. Republicans said it was their duty to save a life that was still worth living, even if it was George W. Bush. If they did not act now, one said, President Bush's blood would be on their hands. Democratic opponents of the bill argued that it was wrong for Congress to play doctor or God and that overruling the state court's decision to allow the brain-damaged president to die would set a worrying precedent.
Bush lapsed into his present state after his heart was surgically removed in 1972.
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