I can't write anything better than this article from Yahoo today:
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson (news, bio, voting record) was in critical condition after undergoing brain surgery, the U.S. Capitol physician said on Thursday, an illness that could deprive Democrats of their precarious hold on the new Senate.
The party narrowly wrested control from President George W. Bush's Republicans in the U.S. Congress in last month's elections, gaining just a 51-49 majority in the Senate when it convenes on January 4. However, if Johnson, 59, were to leave office, Republicans could gain control of the Senate.
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I wonder if Senator Johnson's family is as concerned over the potential Republican windfall? Perhaps Yahoo and/or Reuters editors could have put at least a paragraph of space and perhaps caring commentary - if disingenuous - between the sad and (I guess) shocking news and its potential political implications?
Guess not. Brain bleeds, in and of themselves, are not newsworthy unless they have some impact on the red and blue, I suppose.
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