....at our expense, of course.
The idea of Dick Cheney having a heart check-up begs the question, what heart?
In all seriousness, when will Americans begin taking into consideration a candidates health issues in a serious and informed way?
We need to start asking questions of candidates for high office about their health and informing ourselves about any conditions they might have. It is a well known fact that certain medications commonly prescribed for heart conditions can have the side-effect of psychosis in some patients. I'm not suggesting that Dick Cheney's heart medication is reponsible for his delusional behavior, but the thought comes to mind in an election year.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney, a survivor of four heart attacks including a mild one shortly after the 2000 election, will have a routine heart checkup on Friday, his office said on Thursday.
"The vice president will visit his doctors at the George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates tomorrow morning for a scheduled routine cardiology check-up," said his deputy press secretary Megan McGinn.
Cheney, 66, and one of President George W. Bush's closest advisers, had a defibrillator implanted in his chest in 2001 to help regulate his heartbeat.
In January 2006 he was treated for shortness of breath that was believed to have been triggered by a reaction to medication for a foot ailment.
Additionally, in March 2007 a blood clot was discovered in his leg after he returned from a nine-day trip to Asia and the Middle East. He was treated with blood-thinning medication.
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