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After all, says TIME medical contributor Dr. Ian Smith, campaigning for and working as vice president presents a very real health challenge. "Cheney has a significant history of heart disease and he's heading into an extremely stressful situation," says Smith. "Stress is shown unequivocally to precipitate cardiac events, and being on this job will definitely increase Cheney's risk factors...
Meanwhile, though, the political community seems remarkably unruffled by Cheney's checkered bill of health. Assuming that the Bush camp has already taken various doctors' assessments and volumes of medical information into account, they must have concluded (incorrectly or not) that Cheney's past heart problems will not be an issue in this election. And they may well be right: It remains unclear whether the Gore ticket will launch an attack on Cheney's physical qualifications for the veep slot (a route that might be considered too tasteless even for American politics...
...press, which might be tempted to play up the health issues because of a a desperately slow news cycle, remains curiously uninspired by Cheney's health problems. Unlike Bill Bradley's nearly imperceptible heart murmur, which was front-page news for days, Cheney's series of heart attacks may have provided the candidate with a badge of survival, an armor against frivolous speculation. If this guy weathered three heart attacks, the press corps may be musing, he's got to be tough. It's possible, of course, that the official announcement of the Bush-Cheney ticket will open the floodgates...
After a moment of silence for the Concorde victims, George W. Bush got right to it: "I believe you're looking at the next vice president of the United States." The Austin crowd whooped and Richard P. Cheney smiled a shy smile...
...didn't pick Dick Cheney because of Wyoming's three electoral votes," Bush quipped, taking a preemptive poke at Gore. Cheney got the nod, Bush said, because the longtime pol would make an able backup and "a valuable partner" in a Bush administration. Message: This guy will be a heavy hitter, not a potted plant. It's about competence, not charisma. Even his wife, Lynn Cheney, was welcomed as an education reformer...