Hey doncha know Gerry had the stomach staple surgery several years ago. He and his twin had it at the same time. I worked for 20 years in the ssc st dept of a JHS with his brother, a Libertarian and an intelligent genuinely nice guy. Told me some great stories, especially about their Stuyvesant HS friend, Dick Morris
That stomach surgery was more than a couple years ago...bet it was at least ten years ago...will do a search and find out when it was done..but sure more than just a couple years...