On the Republican side, everybody is waiting for Frist to make up his mind. The heart surgeon is rich and powerful, and his name recognition is high across the state.
But he brings some baggage on the gubernatorial flight: He was tightly aligned with the George W. Bush administration, not a popular thing these days. He drew national rebukes for weighing in with a medical opinion in the case of Terri Schiavo, based only on a videotape and the political winds. And in an early autobiography, Frist confessed to adopting cats from animal shelters and experimenting on them as part of his medical training.......
Governor's race could be ladies' affair
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........Is this still a "Brave New World?" In reality, questions of our mortality have always been with us, and are “only new to thee.” This year, in the wake of Schiavo, and in the turbine of other medical reforms, we need to continue the discussion that was begun 30 years ago, in the case of Dinnerstein.....
Do-not-resuscitate: A Revolution Now 30 years old
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