President Clinton (news - web sites) and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Colin Powell (news - web sites) look on as Army Gen. John Shalikashvili speaks in the Rose Garden in this Aug. 11, 1993, file photo. Retired Army Gen. Shalikashvili, who was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the early years of the Clinton administration, has been hospitalized in guarded condition at an Army hospital at Fort Lewis, Wash., a spokeman said Monday, Aug. 9, 2004. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, File)
"In every conversation we ever had," Clinton said at the time, "he never minced words, he never postured or pulled punches, he never shied away from tough issues or tough calls, and most important, he never shied away from doing what he believed was the right thing."
Well,
I'll say it if no one else will - perhaps a touch of Providence.
Still, you have to hope for his recovery. I'd feel the same way if Clinton took ill. Just as another person. You wish for them good physical health, if possible.