A 72 year old man (say, McCain) has a 3.5% chance of dying over the year...

[phantom power]

http://atrios.blogspot.com/2008_02_10_archive.html#5742922203953685375

So, McCain has a 13.3% chance of dying over a 4-year term. And a 24.8% chance of dying over an 8-year term. Of course, that's for an average 72 year old male, not a wealthy 72 year old male with access to the "POTUS" health care plan, which as we know is capable of keeping even Dick Cheney reanimated.

But even so. Now, imagine that his VP is Huckabee.

[villager]

1. exactly -- in this way, Huckabee becomes an issue in the general...

should McCraze pick him as VP...

[Rosa Luxemburg]

2. nightmare!

[Olney Blue]

3. And he has had cancer- this doesn't help. I think his health will

be a worry to some voters.

[Doctor Cynic]

4. I could see him falling on the stage on the campaign trail.

[Hekate]

5. Look at his Mom -- great DNA there, & probably why she's in the spotlight.

However he has had melanoma, which is serious.

Hekate