Which is news I’m sorry to hear.  Nobody deserves cancer.  But from news reports it sounds like it is treatable, and won’t be serious enough to keep him from the campaign trail.  So, at least as far as his health is concerned, that’s good news.

That being said given that Senator Dodd enjoys a health care plan paid for by we taxpayers and provided by our government, and given that our nation is currently running a nearly $2 trillion budget deficit this year and is on course to add another $10 trillion in debt over the next decade, I’m wondering if we shouldn’t review Senator Dodd’s treatment and care to make sure its efficient.

After all, he is 65 years old.  At this late-stage in his life how many tax dollars are we willing to put toward saving him?  Couldn’t we save a lot of money by just making him comfortable?  He’s also overweight, and clearly hasn’t been taking care of himself.  That will no doubt complicate any treatment and add additional expense.  Why should we taxpayers foot the bill for that?

And if you think that these questions are crass and completely inappropriate, you’re right.  They are.  But these are exactly the sort of calculations and questions we’d all be faced with under a government-run health care system.

By the way, since our health care system is so awful (to hear liberals tell it) I’m sure Senator Dodd will be fleeing it to Canada or Great Britain or Cuba or something to get care, right?