Mr. Ashcroft

Our Attorney General remains in the hospital. Today, they're removing his gallbladder, which unfortunately does not mean he won't still be one of the most galling individuals ever in so-called public service.

But exactly where he will now get his endless bile from is unknown.

And here's a piece of irony: I'm sure Mr. Ashcroft was offered a full range of painkillers to reduce the intractable pain he surely felt. Yet he makes certain that his people watch doctors very closely so they won't freely prescribe effective painkillers for the many chronically, critically, or terminally ill people who make up the rest of America.