"Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson gave no opinion Thursday when asked about efforts by President Bush and Congress to keep Terri Schiavo alive, saying he does not remember details of the right-to-die case that stirred national debate."


You know, I'm neither a former Senator nor a person who has aspirations for running for office, and I remember that whole ordeal vividly. That so dominated the headlines, even people that aren't news junkies had an opinion on it. For Pete's sake, it wasn't even really all that long ago.

The good news for Thompson is that some television dramas track current events and do stories closely based upon things in the news like the Terri Schiavo dispute, so there are ways that he could jog his memory that are more entertaining than having to read through a bunch of old news stories.  For instance, he could watch the November 15, 2005 episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit entitled "Starved" starring -- wait for it -- Fred Freaking Thompson.