Well, “Slick Nick” Lampson is back in the hospital, only days after selling-out the troops and misrepresenting his district by voting in favor of the pork-laden cut-and-run appropriations bill.

U.S. Rep. Nick Lampson, D-Stafford, underwent a quadruple coronary artery bypass at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital in Houston Sunday morning.

The procedure was recommended after a checkup at the National Naval Medical Center in Washington Friday detected irregularities, his office said.

"The physicians have indicated that the surgery proceeded well and that Congressman Lampson will make a full recovery,'' Lampson spokesman Bobby Zafarnia said in a press release. "Though this was a serious procedure, Congressman Lampson has his family with him, his spirits are high, and he looks forward to returning to his office and serving his constituents as quickly as possible.''

Zafarnia said Lampson will remain under observation in the hospital for the next several days and should be released within the week. His recovery period will keep him in Houston for 3 to 4 weeks.

Heart bypass surgery involves surgeons creating a new channel when an artery that carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body is blocked. In a quadruple bypass, four arteries are bypassed in the procedure.

Lampson, who replaced former Majority Leader Tom DeLay in the House, was hospitalized briefly in December, soon after he won that election. He underwent an angioplasty procedure at the time to open up a partially-blocked vessel.

I wish the Congressman a speedy and complete recovery -- because I want to be a part of the campaign that removes him from office in 2008.

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