but it must be in the hundreds if not thousands.

I'll never accept that a 71 year old in poor health was a better match to receive a heart than people who have been on that list far longer and have many more productive years ahead of them.

It is in fact a matter of who deserves it. If you want to speak bluntly it is a "death panel". As I understand it the decisions are made primarily on who might be a medical match for the available heart but also on the age and overall physical health of the potential recipient. I've heard that Cheney was on the recipient list for 2 months and that he was moved to the head of the list over people years younger than him who have waited a long time for a new organ.

It's entirely possible that a critically ill patient may die (or may have already died) because Cheney got the heart that he or she should have rightly recieved.

His status was bumped up as his condition worsened.

There are people who were ahead of him, as in emergency. If the tissue don't match.

Or if you have a second match out of reach for the organ to be viable.

People really need to read on how this works. And seventy something's do receive transplants these days, usually less than perfect organs that a younger person would need replaced.

Really, this place s quite horrifying right at the momemt.

world tour.

meet him at the airport with handcuffs.

It's Cheney's way of saying "I love you, man". You've just got to understand the guy.

May he actually grow a soul to go along with the heart he was given. He has been on board with the most foul, disruptive and dangerous action the United States took part in. I hope that he grows enough to realize his part in genocide, his part in lessening the United States in the world, and that his lies helped no one but Dick Cheney's ego while destroying everything he touched.

He is the foulest, most disgraceful American to ever walk this land, and that is his horrible legacy.