[solicitor77]

Prostate removed. Sore shoulder. Persistent cough. Chest pain. Does this sound like a fit man? Kerry needs a doctor, now!

[70times7]

Let's have Dean work on him.

[Lexington Green]

If he picks Hillary for VP.... he could become Arkancidal.

[Snowy]

Stupidity is a difficult thing to cure....

[syriacus]

Sen. John F. Kerry, by most measures an unusually fit 60-year-old,

Must mean he's avoiding the high sodium Heinz products....

[Wacka]

He should have chest x-rays now- lung cancer? I know that prostate cancer spreads primarily to the bone marrow, but does anyone know how often it spreads to the lungs?
Tsongas said he was healthy, but he died 2-3 years after running.

[Hatteras]

Now Senator, about those 3 Purple Hearts that caused you to miss only 2 days of your 4 months of combat service in Vietnam...

[mountaineer]

an unusually fit 60-year-old

Compared to whom, your average 60-year-old Iraqi?

[gov_bean_ counter]

TO JFK:

Ronald Reagan was a fit man at 60. You, sir, are no Ronald Reagan.

[TomGuy]

Sen. John F. Kerry, by most measures an unusually fit 60-year-old,

Didn't GHWB parachute dive out of a plane just a week or so ago? At age 80!!!

Wasn't their an 84 year old lady who swam the English channel a few years ago?

Is this why we get all the obviously-staged-photo-op media pix of Kerry on a police motorcycle, on skiboard, on hockey skating rink, buying a jockeystrap?

[pogo101]

I wonder how long the wait is for prostate-ectomies and arthoscopic shoulder surgeries in countries, like Canada and Frants, already blessed with the sort of socialized medicine programmes favored by Kerry.

[iranger]

"Kerry is the most athletic, most vigorous guy in the race," said David Wade, his spokesman.

Not only would Bush run this wuss into the ground, Bush doesn't look like a sissy when he throws a ball.

[Agent Smith]

It sounds as though Hillary's spells and potions are having their desired effect on J F'n K. The Secret Service is supposed to be protecting him. BUT I guess there is only, so much that mere mortals can do, against her dark powers.

[Boundless]

Don't forget, the liberal "press" does not report news.
They send messages.

If the WP ran this, it's because the DNC wanted it run.
They are sending a message to the Democratic masses.

This headline looks very much like prep for easing JfK
out of the nomination.

They are also sending a message to Kerry: "we'll give
you a medical deferment if you want" (but you may a goner
regardless).

[Capriole]

I think we all need to pray for the good health and continued strength of John Kerry. Are you all following my reasoning on this?? Please, God. Please, God. Whatever is wrong with John Kerry's lungs, let it not be serious enough to knock him out of the race.

[Uncle Hal]

I heard on the radio this morning that the Globe is reporting that Kerry may have contacted a sexually transmitted disease when he was in Vietnam. There is speculation that this is one reason he is not making public his medical records.

[kellynla]

W had to release his military records.
Kerry should be expected to release his Naval medical records. Whether anyone realizes it or not but Kerry is obviously hiding something in those medical records that has never been revealed...
Semper Fi, Kelly

Viet Nam Veterans Against John Kerry
http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnkerry.com

[Eva]

If you saw Kerry on the old Dick Cavitt show, on C-Span, you would know that Kerry's nasal voice is not a recent issue. I believe that it is a result of speaking too much French as a young man.

[RichardW]

I'm also 60 years old, in fact was born just three days after John Kerry. I have never had a "persistent cold" for any period of time. This should be thoroughly examined and a cause found.

I can tell you that 60 years takes its toll on the body. We sure don't become healthier as we age.

[paws_and_whiskers]

For much of this year, Kerry has curtailed speaking and sipped hot lemon tea to nurse a voice strained by hacking and yakking. In mid-February, he described the ailment to reporters as a "chest thing" and griped about its persistence.

Nagging cough or hoarseness: A cough that does not go away may be a sign of lung cancer. Hoarseness can be a sign of cancer of the larynx (voice box) or thyroid.

[Old Professer]

My cousin's husband had his prostate removed due to a localized cancer; over the course of the next several months I would call him and discuss his progress in recovery.

He had to make regular visits for checkups and tests and wear a Depend constantly due to incontinence and had a relatively mild set of discomforts which seem to have worked themselves out now, three years later.

However, he still uses the Depend undergarment when in public company to avoid embarrassment.

Perhaps there is a spokesman's job in Mr. Kerry's future.