>I was actually thinking the same thing having gone through this before with my mother, who died at 44 with severe jaundice. She always had excuses for everything. When I read Mike's post, my first thought was, "He'll find something that makes it not possible to go." and bingo... 995 /day, etc. Now he'll get a real chance to see how Obamacare works for those who are not on the public dole. Maybe he'll change his mind about it....
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>Personally, I never could understand why anyone would put their hand in a flame and cry saying "It hurts! It hurts!". And then do everything except to take their hand out of the flame to make the pain go away.
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>Go figure...

I am not a doctor but I suspect there is some type of overlap between some forms of alcoholism and depression. (Not making any excuses for anyone but I think there's some overlap)