"To say that she was not interacting is ludicrous," said Randall Terry, the anti-abortion activist who has served as a [Schiavo] family spokesman. "It would mean that every family member and every friend that came out of that room lied to us."

"Our contention all along is you err on the side of life." [via Newsday]

I'm sorry to resurrect and beat this dead horse, but the depth of Randall Terry's denial fascinates me.

The battle, and this was a battle, was divided pretty clearly on ideological lines, disregarding the family's and Terry Schivao's best interest. The ideology was so powerful, in fact, that many of the "right to lifers" ignored all common sense, feigned some sort of medical understanding, and claimed that "with therapy" Ms. Schiavo would somehow recover to live a somewhat normal life.

Now that the autopsy results have been released, showing that Ms. Schiavo suffered profound, irreversible brain damage, Mr. Terry's continued denial seems almost sinister.