Lieberman on Life Support; Lamont on Out-Of-Control Government
Yesterday Michael Schiavo came here to Connecticut to campaign with Ned Lamont against Joe Lieberman, one of the senators who voted for legislation last year to keep Schiavo's wife Terri on life support so federal courts could decide her fate. (Remember when Bush flew to Washington in an emergency to sign this bill?)
"I don't think that Joe Lieberman should have gone on every single talk show saying that it's the responsibility of the federal government to make life-and-death decisions like that," Mr. Lamont said. "He not only voted for it, but he championed it."…
Mr. Lamont wove the Schiavo case into a broader narrative of out-of-control government, linking it to issues as diverse as abortion rights and law enforcement wiretapping.
He also reiterated that the Schiavo case had helped propel him into the Senate race and said it remained "central to his campaign."
"It just says an awful lot about where you want your government and where you don't want your government," he said.
Lieberman's response? It's time "for politicians to let Terri Schiavo rest in peace."
