"Also included in the e-mails was Brian Darling, Martinez's assistant who resigned last month over a memorandum he authored citing the Schiavo cause as one that would 'excite' the conservative right-to-life base.""
Governor, lawmakers in daily contact on Schiavo, e-mails show".
Nice to see that Governor Bush's office and Mel Martinez' GC, Brian Darling were in communication during the Schiavo affair:
Gov. Jeb Bush was in daily contact with congressional leaders in March as court efforts to intervene on behalf of Terri Schiavo faltered, according to e-mails obtained Monday from the governor's office.
The e-mails, released to The Palm Beach Post in response to a public records request, also show that state lawmakers persevered with legislative maneuvering to keep the severely brain-damaged woman's feeding tube intact, despite advice from Bush's top Schiavo attorney that such an effort was hopeless.
Throughout the first two weeks of March, Bush's executive staff exchanged dozens of e-mails with attorneys for Sen. Bill Frist and Rep. Tom DeLay, the respective majority leaders of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, drafting and revising legislation that legal and political teams in Florida and Washington hoped would halt the removal of Schiavo's feeding tube. ...
Also included in the e-mails was Brian Darling, Martinez's assistant who resigned last month over a memorandum he authored citing the Schiavo cause as one that would "excite" the conservative right-to-life base.
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Governor, lawmakers in daily contact on Schiavo, e-mails show".