This is old news now, but it was important to me to clarify this here since we were discussing Mr. Russert's health details. Breuk, may you well have seen this in one of the news stories and can provide a link faster than I can. I can't find it again now that I want to.

Yesterday or the day before in a news story about Russert's heart disease I saw a direct quotation from his doctor, a gentleman with a name like "Newman" I think. That direct quotation included the words "Tim Russert did not have diabetes or the circulatory risk that attends that condition" or something to that effect. It was a legit major network news story, too.

Anyway, Breuk, I know you saw a mention that he had diabetes someplace originally. Then that Wikipedia link above that I posted certainly had it in there. I saw diabetes mentioned in one other place. But apparently, if the quote I saw within the last couple of days was correct, he wasn't diabetic after all. At least not according to the quoted doctor.

It's all moot now, unfortunately, but I thought it was important to clarify that the Wikipedia link above might not have its facts straight.