Evidently the Governor led the charge:
Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas opposed the idea, because while death with dignity is one issue, hastening that death is another.
"We need to make it dignified, we need to make it pain-free," Douglas said prior to the debates. "But to empower physicians – who take an oath to alleviate pain and do no harm – to hasten death is a step in the wrong direction."
You know... I've been through a painful slow death with my mother who died of breast cancer. Just this year one of my good friends suffered through the pain of watching his mother die in his home, and his amazing wife having to make all kinds of sacrifices - of the most unspeakable nature to make that happen.
I don't think it occurred to any of them - even once - to say, "let's inject her and get it done with."
The totality of life is there for a reason...