Bush erring on the side of life

Bush has said over the current Terry Schiavo case all over the headlines, it is better to "err on the side of life":

1 "George W. Bush, who has had more executions during his five-year tenure in Austin than any other governor in the nation since capital punishment was reinstated, has made his support for executing mentally retarded inmates clear. In 1995, the newly minted governor rejected a clemency plea from lawyers for Mario Marquez, a mentally retarded adult whose verbal and reasoning skills were comparable to those of a 7-year-old child."

2 "In his five years as governor of Texas, the state has executed 131 prisoners -- far more than any other state."

3 "George W. Bush signed a law in Texas that expressly gave hospitals the right to remove life support if the patient could not pay and there was no hope of revival, regardless of the patient's family's wishes. It is called the Texas Futile Care Law. Under this law, a baby was removed from life support against his mother's wishes in Texas just this week."

Tip o' the pen to Tom Tomorrow, here