In 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an attempt by Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to prevent the husband of Terri Schiavo from removing her life support system. Lower court rulings said the severely brain-damaged woman was in a "persistent vegetative state."
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Tonight's Republican presidential debate at Florida Atlantic University shows why the Legislature moved up the date of Florida's primary. No other state votes on Tuesday. Florida will offer the most revealing campaign test yet: a big, diverse state, with Republicans voting for Republicans and Democrats for Democrats. The results will set up Feb. 5, when two dozen states will vote and the nominations could be all but decided. If the state still were voting on the first Tuesday in March, the state wouldn't matter to the candidates until fall. Now, Florida matters at a critical time. With the Democratic candidates still shunning Florida, the four remaining Republicans - Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, John McCain and Mitt Romney - have tonight's stage at FAU's Boca Raton campus and the national attention all to themselves. While the debate will touch on the familiar national issues - the economy, national security - all voters in this most important swing state will want to hear answers to questions that have a Florida angle. Among them: ~Snip~
Were Congress and President Bush correct to intervene in the Terri Schiavo case?
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