Thursday, June 16, 2005

The results of the Schiavo autopsy are back. I think it's interesting to compare political speak back during the height of the controversy over Ms. Schiavo with the political speak now. Take a look and decide for yourself.
This is what Dr. Frist said then:

Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), a renowned heart surgeon before becoming Senate majority leader, went to the floor late Thursday night for the second time in 12 hours to argue that Florida doctors had erred in saying Terri Schiavo is in a "persistent vegetative state."

"I question it based on a review of the video footage which I spent an hour or so looking at last night in my office," he said in a lengthy speech in which he quoted medical texts and standards. "She certainly seems to respond to visual stimuli." (Washington Post March 19 05)

This is what Dr. Frist says now:

The Senate majority leader, Bill Frist, defended himself on Thursday, a day after an autopsy report showed that she had suffered irreversible brain damage.

"People said: 'Bill Frist, you're making a diagnosis. Doctor, you're trying to wear your white coat on the floor of the Senate,' " said Dr. Frist, a heart-lung transplant surgeon. "I never made a diagnosis. I wouldn't even attempt to make a diagnosis from a videotape."(New York Times, June 16 05)

Hmmmmhh......okay.

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