Dick meets knife

Not to sound insensitive, but I think we can strike another potential 2008 candidate from the GOP list. And yes, I tried to make the headline as cringe-inducing as I could.

Vice President Dick Cheney is scheduled to undergo surgery next weekend to treat an aneurysm, his spokesman confirmed to the paid-restricted Roll Call this evening, Raw Story has learned.

Quadruple bypass surgery. Four heart attacks. It's a tasteless thing to say, but it couldn't happen to a nicer guy.