By The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Jul. 19--What if, before interpreting the results of your recent physical exam, your doctor had to check with Manatee County commissioners for the correct political spin to include in his report? Outrageous, to be sure.

The following editorial appeared in the Miami Herald on Tuesday, July 17: No one who has been paying attention can profess surprise with former Surgeon General Richard Carmona's testimony last week about the Bush administration's political interference in the office's public-health mission.

By The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Jul. 16--It is possible Richard H. Carmona did the public as much service with one appearance on Capitol Hill last week as he did in four years as the nation's doctor. Dr. Carmona, whose term as U.S.

By Houston Chronicle Jul. 16--Trained to be healers, doctors often end up at war: patching bodies in battle, fighting poverty in the clinic, facing diseases that others have fled. By contrast, all that U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona had to do was give Americans medical guidance.

By Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press Jul. 15--We can be a pretty lazy nation, but one thing that gets us riled up is our health, right? When a baby is sick, look out. When a father or mother isn't getting good care, we scream.