Why the big whoop te doo about Terri Shcaivo, the poor woman stuck i a vegetative state for fifteen years, Now the focus of seemingly endless grandstanding by the Republican Right backed up by meanigless and ignorant blather on talk radio ? I think Daily Kos hits the nail on the head, this time: its all cover for "the hammer" looking for distractions from the focus on his K-street project, the washington version of the good old protection racket.
Daily Kos: "And for Representative Tom DeLay, the House majority leader facing inquiries into fund-raising improprieties in Texas and potential violations of House travel rules in Washington, taking a prominent role in rallying conservatives to the Schiavo cause also provided a sudden distraction from his troubles [ A-HA!!]. "