Now What Does Jeb Bush Do?

At a press conference just a little while ago, Governor Jeb Bush spoke to the media and responded to a question about the right to intervene in Terri Schiavo's death. Although there is no transcript available and I don't have his answer verbatim, Bush and his counsel stated that Florida's Department of Children and Family Services has a legal right to intervene and take custody of Schiavo. He stated this as Florida's senate was debating a bill to save Terri's life, perhaps as a way to put pressure on a few wobbly senators to vote in favor of passing the legislation.

Now that the bill has been defeated in the Florida senate by margin of 21-18, Jeb Bush is in a difficult position. If he does nothing after he stated the state has a right to intervene, many people will not forgive him for letting Schiavo die. If he does intervene, the media will excoriate him for being "another Bush tyrant" and acting against the will of the legislature and the judiciary.