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Senator John Warner — who’s retiring in 2008, having served one term for each husband of former wife Liz Taylor — is in the hospital today for a “heart ailment,” according to Roll Call. He’s got something called “atrial fibrillation,” which isn’t that serious according to his staff, and can lead to stroke-causing blood clots according to the Mayo Clinic’s website. But he will be back to work next week because all of our thousand-year-old Senators are practically immortal, as they all receive the finest medical care in the entire world. And because they drink the blood of virgins.

Warner Treated for Heart Ailment [Roll Call]

Fine, whatever, we’ll take it. Yes, we will proudly take some sketchy outtake from “Borat” over another 500 years of being resolute and no pictures of the 30,000 new flag-draped coffins and such. Victory Fever … catch it! But was there anything really cool that wasn’t in the photograph? Yes, yes there was:

They slit the rabbit’s belly, ripped it open and feasted on the still beating heart. The commandos of the Iraqi army were celebrating on Wednesday after the Americans had handed over control of Najaf province.

U.S. Hands Najaf Province Over to Iraqi Forces [NYT}

• Heard On The Hill: Rep. Jerry Nadler is that guy who will steal your seat at the Tune Inn. [Roll Call]
• Inside the Beltway: Rep. Dennis Kucinich asks, “Do we think about what hate does to our own hearts? Isn’t it time to put on the invincible armor of human compassion to explore human relations as the science of the human heart, in which we always have the capacity through courage, communication, patience and understanding to turn hate into love, and to beat our swords into plowshares.” [WT]
• Washington Whispers: Fox News’ senior VP John Moody: “Let’s NOT call it the ‘hometown of Jesus’ though many would argue the city’s favorite son turned out pretty well.” [USN&WR]
• Lowdown: Hosts of “The View” are total fucking losers. [NYDN]
• The Scoop: Luke Wilson on psychiatry: “My style is to think, Yeah, I really need to go see somebody, and then not do it, and then get over it and think, You know what? I’m okay! I actually saved some money!” [MSNBC]