Five polyps found, but Dubya's OK
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Sunday, July 22nd 2007, 4:00 AM
Doctors found five small polyps, but President Bush will be fine.
Presidential power was transferred to Vice President Cheney for two hours yesterday while doctors performed a routine colonoscopy on President Bush.
The doctors found five small polyps in President Bush's colon.
The growths were sent for tests. Results are expected to be back by Tuesday, but none "appeared worrisome," said White House spokesman Scott Stanzel.
President Bush used the disability clause of the Constitution to transfer power to Cheney at 7:16 a.m. while he was sedated during the procedure, which lasted 31 minutes.
It was only the third time the clause had been invoked. Bush used it during a similar screening in 2002, and President Ronald Reagan turned over power to George H.W. Bush during surgery in 1985.
The vice president was at his home on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, 30 miles from Washington.
Stanzel said Cheney had no reason to take any official action during the transfer - but the transfer was fodder for comedians.
"Good luck getting that power back," Jay Leno quipped on his Friday night show. "By noon tomorrow, he would have invaded Iran, Syria and Malibu."
Bush retook power at 9:21 a.m.
Stanzel said that after the procedure, the President spent part of the morning playing with his dogs, and planned to take a bike ride yesterday afternoon.
"The President was in good humor," he said.
The colonoscopy was a regular examination recommended after doctors found other polyps in Bush's colon during scans in 1998 and in 1999.
Polyps are usually benign, but can grow and become cancerous if they are not removed.
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