The Tragical History of Doctor Fristus.

"One Saturday night, Karyn recalled, 'we were supposed to go to a movie. He walked out in his scrubs.' Instead of taking Karyn to the theater, Frist brought her to the operating room. 'To see the human body alive -- without a heart in it.'" I'll admit to getting a ridiculous amount of run out of the Catkiller Frist meme over the past few years., and sometimes I've even wondered if it's a cheap shot. But then my sister Tessa e-mailed me this "heartwarming" puff piece about Senator Frist, and good God, the man is a certifiable freak show. "'In medical school, Frist cut out a dog's heart and held it in his palm. It continued to beat for a slippery minute. 'Watching it beat, the beauty of it,' Frist recalled. 'I decided I would spend my life centered around the heart.'" Um....what? This guy is our Senate Majority Leader? "During congressional breaks, Frist, 54, has been known to fly to Africa to operate." I shudder to think.