Democratic contender Joe Lieberman says Florida Governor Jeb Bush did the right thing in signing legislation to reinsert feeding tubes into Terri Schiavo.

Democrat Joe Lieberman sided Wednesday with Republican Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida for ordering a feeding tube reinserted into a brain-damaged woman, saying government must "honor life."

In a wide-ranging interview with Associated Press editors and reporters, the presidential candidate waded into another medical debate, breaking with President Bush's policy to limit scientific research involving human embryonic cells.

"The day I walk into the Oval Office, the first thing I'm going to do is rescind the Bush administration restrictions on stem-cell research," the Connecticut senator said. "They're not compassionate. They block work that will save lives and extend lives."

The New York Times excoriates Bush for the Florida ruling, calling the law the work of the conservative religious right.

Almost all the legal scholars we've read on the topic agree that the law violates the separation of powers doctrine and that the law is poorly drafted.

Our prior post on this case is here--it has generated a lot of comments, including a recent one of our own.