The AP headline reads "Hunter Shot by Cheney Has Heart Attack" (as of 1:46 PM, on Tuesday).
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas -- The 78-year-old lawyer who was shot by Vice President Dick Cheney in a hunting accident has some birdshot lodged in his heart and he had a "minor heart attack," a hospital official said Tuesday. [AP]
Mark my words, if Cheney's victim dies, the revisionists will point to this heart attack as evidence that birdshot didn't hurt him that badly after all. They'll say that he was an old guy who had a heart attack after a shock to the system. In fact, the 78-year-old attorney had a heart attack because some of the birdshot lodged in his head, neck, and torso travelled through is bloodstream into his heart. [WaPo]
The White House claims that it wasn't necessary to alert the public about the shooting because the victim's injuries were so minor. Now, it's becoming increasingly clear that he was badly injured from the start. The nature and severity of his injuries may also cast doubt on eye-witness accounts of the incident in which Cheney is alleged to have shot the victim at 30 yards with a 28-guage shotgun.
At any rate, the details of the story are changing faster that the weather in Texas. See Taylor Marsh and Josh Marshall for more details.
ERRATUM: It's highly unlikely that the pellet in the victim's chest travelled anywhere after the initial impact.
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