So neo-con John Ashcroft is in the hospital with acute pancreatitis.
The overwhelming majority of pancreatitis cases are caused by alcoholism. Another major cause is overuse of prescription or illicit drugs.
Think he is buying from the same sources as Limbaugh was?
Now, I don't want to make fun of somebody sorrow. But in this case, as a rabid firebreathing right-winger, there would be some distinct irony here. The guy is one of the more legitimately evil men out there I think. So, we may never hear the real cause - but its interesting to contemplate!