Rasputin Checks into hospital

Americas answer to Rasputin, Dick the Defibrillator Cheney has checked into the hospital.

Vice President Dick Cheney, who has a history of heart trouble, went to a hospital for tests Saturday after experiencing shortness of breath, an aide said.

Cheney, 63, who has had four heart attacks, returned Thursday night from a pheasant hunting trip in South Dakota with a cold that left him short of breath, spokeswoman Mary Matalin said. He joined President Bush on Friday for meetings with British Prime Minister Tony Blair.


Matalin said the pacemaker implanted in Cheney's chest three years ago indicated no abnormalities over the past 90 days and that an electrocardiogram showed no change. An EKG measure the heart's electrical activity.

Jazz over at Running Scared wonders if

Cheney's condition isn't the perfect reason for Bush to praise him highly, but regretfully accept his resignation and move somebody else into the Naval Observatory.

I wonder if Tsar George can run the country without his Rasputin.

Update
Apparently all is well, Cheney Walks Out of Hospital After Tests.