The Moose is disturbed, as am I, by Congress and the President's flagrant abuse of power, logic, medical ethics, and federalism in the Terri Schiavo case. He declares conservatism dead as a result. But here's the thing: there is only a small minority of people in the United States who care about means rather than ends. Democrats generally want to find ways for them government to be used for ends that their interest groups support, and Republicans are the same way if not worse. That's theoretically why we have a government set up to limit abuses of power through checks and balances and so forth. This latest power play does, however, seem more destructive of because it implies that Congress can just come in and call a "do-over" to satisfy a determined interest group, even one that doesn't make any sense.

UPDATE: Alternatively, just read Sam's healthy rant.