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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The wife of GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul had surgery this morning to install a pacemaker. A statement from Paul's campaign says that the surgery on Carol Paul was a success and that she is expected to make a full recovery. Carol Paul went into the hospital yesterday after suffering from an irregular heartbeat.

AMES, Iowa (AP) - A campaign spokesman says the wife of GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul was hospitalized today (Saturday) with an irregular heartbeat. Carol Paul became ill on Saturday morning and was taken to an area hospital, says Jesse Benton, a Paul spokesman. A Republican congressman from Texas, Paul was delayed in arriving at the high profile Republican straw poll in Ames today (Saturday) in order to stay with his wife. Benton told The Associated Press that Mrs. Paul was recovering at hospital in Des Moines from a heart condition that causes her heart rate to get very low....

I've been contacted a few times about writing a personal story of our family, because we have been called "The American Dream" family by people who knew us well. In doing this, it would have to start with the man RON PAUL, who saw the American Dream and decided that it could be his -- and now he wants it to be yours if you so choose. I chose to excerpt because I'm too lazy to format it. Please click the link to see the rest, it's pretty good.