Reply #11: Not sure the republicans are the best at hiring doctors

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"The doctor who used to regularly vouch for Vice-President Dick Cheney's good health was himself struggling at the time to overcome an addiction to prescription drugs.

Dr Gary Malakoff, of the George Washington University Medical Centre in Washington, has now been dropped from Cheney's medical team.

According to the New Yorker magazine he had treated Cheney, who has a history of heart problems, since 1995.

However, sealed divorce papers obtained by the magazine showed that Malakoff spent about US$46,000 ($70,000) on internet purchases of a narcotic nasal spray between mid-1999 and December 2001 - by which time Cheney had already been serving as Vice-President for almost a year."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x670292

Cheney's heart doctor looks a bit portly himself: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35399-2004Jul7.html