Byrd (D) Hospitalized in Serious Condition

It's obvious that this man has not been making his own legislative decisions for some time.

WASHINGTON — Sen. Robert Byrd, the longest-serving member of Congress, is "seriously ill" and has been hospitalized, a spokesman for the West Virginia lawmaker said Sunday.

In a statement, Byrd spokesman Jesse Jacobs said the senator was initially admitted to a Washington-area hospital late last week for what doctors thought was heat-related illness.

"However, upon further examination by his doctors, other conditions have developed which has resulted in his condition being described as 'serious,"' Jacobs said.

He's Gone.