This case has dragged on unnecessarily.

We must be wary of accepting any proposal merely because the case has dragged on for so long or because of the current economic condition of the state treasury and revenue projections.

His treatment of the journalist was unnecessarily insensitive and offensive.

was going to be dragged into this.

In the case of a person, ... you know, I was 10 once. I was 15 once. I was 20 once. I was 30 once. And now I'm in my 50s. So I am who I am today. But I'm also all of those other things. And I will be more than that in the future. But I'm each one of those things.

If that's the case, the earlier we can do it after diagnosis the better.