"Once they have done this and created, you know, this law for one person, they're going to be flooded with people who say: 'My sister-in-law's a b---h, she's not treating my brother right," she predicted.

"It's hard to tell who is less appealing: Tom DeLay or [Terri's] husband," Dowd added.

The Times scribe praised Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., who excoriated Republicans over the weekend for trying to save Terri.

"It is particularly hypocritical when you have people who say they advocate on behalf of the defense of marriage who now insert themselves between a husband and his wife," Schultz railed.

"I thought she made a lot of good arguments," gushed Dowd.

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