John McCain hospitalized over disappointment with Obama stimulus bill

A despondent Senator John McCain was admitted to Mercy General Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland over the weekend, with impaired immune functioning and exhaustion, and what his spokesman described as “nearly a broken heart.” The Senator had been upset for several days over the debate for passage of economic legislation by Barack Obama and Senate Democrats, muttering bewilderedly to Senate colleagues, “Do they really plan on passing this bill without me?”

The Senators closest confidante, Senator Lindsey Graham explained, “John’s not a young admiral anymore.  He’s playing hardball with some pretty tough customers up there, and he doesn’t like it.”

McCain is expected to be detained an additional three weeks, till after the Senate vote, and his condition was described as stable by hospital spokesme