[dupree]

I’m sure the nurses are following the hospital’s policy, which is in place for their protection against lawsuits. What if Mr. Kennedy left the hospital with the infant without a medical escort and then dropped the infant, causing serious injury or even death. Who do you think would get blame?

Also, there are many unanswered questions in the story. Was Kennedy acting irrational or under the influence of something, which alarmed the nurses? Was the child in the hospital for tests or extra medical treatment, since most hospitals let the mother and infant go home the next day after giving birth? Where was his wife while this was taking place?

Just my opinion: I always thought he was a dull reporter on Fox-—wooden and monotone, hired for his name and not his talent. Hello, Chelsea Clinton.

[fr_freak]

I’m sure the nurses are following the hospital’s policy, which is in place for their protection against lawsuits.

I don't actually care what excuse these people have for acting as petty tyrants. Hospital policy? That doesn't even have the force of law, and nurses aren't law enforcement even if it did. However, the idea that we should accept something because it's "policy" is worse than the idea that we should accept something because it's "settled law". If it is anathema to a free country, it needs to go away. Period. Think Obamacare.

I'll agree that there may be more to this story, but the guy was still the baby's father, and absent any hard evidence to suggest that this guy was incompetent to hold his own child, the natural reaction of conservatives should be "Who the hell do these people think they are?"