http://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/11/29/cheney.checkup/ "The 59-year-old former congressman, defense secretary and White House chief had suffered three previous heart attacks over a period of more than 22 years and underwent quadruple coronary bypass surgery in 1988." Somehow.. I doubt that the Secret Service will spend as much effort defending him. ;) -Nordberg