I honestly thought it was over. Even Jeb Bush had resigned himself to the fact that he could no longer exploit the Terri Schiavo matter. But, alas, the Senate’s nuttiest member, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) is still pursuing the case.
U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn challenged the accuracy of Terri Schiavo’s autopsy Thursday, saying he has a copy of the Florida woman’s medical file.
Coburn’s comments came during the taping of a television show for the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority in Oklahoma City. He was responding to questions from a panel of journalists, including a Tulsa World reporter and Terri Watkins, a reporter from KOCO-TV in Oklahoma City.
“I have on my desk a complete medical file of Terri Schiavo, and I would challenge the accuracy of many of the statements by people involved in that case in terms of her medical condition, and I would also challenge some of the autopsy findings based on what I have on my desk in Washington,” Coburn said.
You’ve got to be kidding me. The Florida pathologist who performed the autopsy, wrote that “no amount of treatment or rehabilitation would have reversed the massive loss of neurons.” He, not Coburn, studied Schiavo’s remains, reviewed court, medical and other records, and interviewed her family members, doctors and others in making his determination.
But Coburn, who weighed in on the case because he “look[ed] at her on TV,” is challenging the autopsy report. It’s just sad.
On a related note, am I the only one to notice the similarity between “I have on my desk…” and “I have in my hand…“?