http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0512/29/ltm.05.html<snip>COSTELLO: The legal fight eventually landed at the office of the Florida governor, Jeb Bush. He supported legislation called Terri's Law which was passed in 2003 and gave him the authority to have her feeding tube reinserted. But a year later, that law was declared unconstitutional by Florida Supreme Court.
By now, the fate of Terri Schiavo had become politically decisive nationwide and it touched on issue for right to life activists. In March this year, it made its way to Washington. President Bush cut short his vacation and declared when he returned to Washington that the court should have a presumption in favor of life.
But the next day, with the appeals process in Florida exhausted, doctors finally removed Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. Even as her life ebbed away, the Republican leadership in Congress looked for new ways to keep her alive.
REP. TOM DELAY, (R) TEXAS: That act of barbarism can be and must be prevented.
CROWD: Give Terri water! Give Terri water!
COSTELLO: Outside the hospice where Terri Schiavo lay, emotions ran high and voices grew louder.