Fit for a king

I doubt we'll have to wait long for John Boehner to point to this as proof that America has "the best health care system in the world."

The king, who is 86, is valued by Washington as a moderate at the helm of a pivotal Muslim country. He entered a hospital on Friday after a blood clot complicated a slipped disk he suffered the previous week.

“The king will leave on Monday for the United States to complete medical tests,” the Saudi state news agency SPA said.