Mike Wallace is a big euthanasia supporter and a fan of Jack Kevorkian. Yet, he admits in an upcoming interview upon his retirement from 60 Minutes, that he suffers depression and once attempted suicide. According to the advance PR blurb published in the Drudge Report, Wallace says that the years since that time 20 years ago “have been the best in my life.”
Of course, I am glad that Wallace didn’t succeed in killing himself. But given his brush with death that he is glad to have survived, Wallace’s support for assisted suicide is puzzling. After all, studies show that very ill people who receive suicide prevention often change their minds about suicide, including dying patients. Moreover, some who undergo hospice care state that their time of dying is the best of their lives. Why would Wallace be glad he didn’t kill himself but still support suicide faciliation for others? Another case of not connecting the dots.
