The election is here. Voting is essential. Vote for friends of Parkisons research!! I guess by definition our choices are limited to politicians: **** THE OPERATION **** A politician awoke in a hospital bed after a complicated operation, and found that the curtains were drawn around him. "Why are the curtains closed," he said. "Is it night?" A nurse replied, "No, it is just that there is a fire across the street, and we didn't want you waking up and thinking that the operation was unsuccessful." A DEMOCRATIC HOUSE would help pass the Udall bill in the next (105th) congress. Although we have had many Republican supporters (e.g. McDade, PA), the fact is the Republican leadership (Bliley, VA and Bilirakis, FL) did not move the bill inspite of significant majorities of members from the committees and the full House who co-sponsored the bill. ... Perry Cohen