Only run selenium test if previous selenium test fails

I have several 'it' blocks in my selenium test file (using Ruby and rspec) that test va开发者_如何学JAVArious portions of my web application. Each 'it' block stops executing and goes to the next 'it' block if any of the conditions or code fails.

• Is there a way to run an 'it' block only if the previous fails or call a function to react to the failed test?
• Is there a better way to accomplish what I am wanting to do that doesn't involve an 'it' block?

Example 'it' block

it "should load example.com" do
  page.open("http://example.com")
  page.wait_for_page_to_load(25)
end

I don't like my current solution and think there is a better way to accomplish this, but for now...

• wrap original test code that was in the 'it' block in a begin rescue block
• put code to respond to failure in the rescue section

.

it "should load example.com" do
  begin
    page.open("http://example.com")
    page.wait_for_page_to_load(25)
    "wow".should == "cool"
  rescue Exception => e
    // code that responds to failed test
  end
end

Why I don't like this

• I feel dirty writing test code like this (it feels wrong!)
• The rspec reports a pass unless the rescue code also fails