The Big Dog Gets A Checkup

Bill Clinton checked into a hospital for chest pains and received two stents for his heart.

Clinton, 63, "was admitted to the Columbia Campus of New York Presbyterian Hospital after feeling discomfort in his chest," said Douglas Band, counselor to the former president, in a written statement.

The hospital confirmed that Clinton was admitted Thursday.

"President Clinton is in good spirits, and will continue to focus on the work of his Foundation and Haiti's relief and long-term recovery efforts," Band's statement said.

The White House was told of the situation, a source close to the former president told CNN.

A stent is a tiny tube that is inserted into a narrowed or blocked vessel to open it up and allow blood to travel through, according to CNN's chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta.

That was damn fast, even for a President.  Clinton clearly had some medical issues there for the speed of that procedure. Hope he recovers fast.

[UPDATE 6:42 PM] And the Wingers use this as an excuse to attack HCR.  Guess who?  Malkinvania, ghoulish as usual.

Now, a timely reminder: Stents don’t grow on trees. They were not created, developed, marketed, or sold by government bureaucrats and lawmakers.

Yes, because medical companies were never taxed one penny until the Democrats thought up health care reform.  It was a perfect free market utopia until, what, March?

A teachable moment: Taxing innovation in the name of “health care reform” has consequences.

Another teachable moment:  Correlation does not equal causation.