It is great to be able to report this bit of good news.

Sen. Tim Johnson's condition has been upgraded from critical to fair, four weeks after he was hospitalized for a brain hemorrhage, his office said yesterday.

The South Dakota Democrat, who was taken to the hospital Dec. 13 and underwent emergency surgery, remains in intensive care.

"The senator continues to make progress," spokeswoman Julianne Fisher said. "The next step would be rehabilitation, and we hope that would happen within the week."

Johnson's office has said that his recovery is expected to take several months. The surgery was done to correct a condition called arteriovenous malformation, which involves tangled arteries.

And as i've said in the past, I don't give a damn about all the political calculations and machinations associated with the senator's illness -- I'm more concerned about his recovery. That matter is significantly more important than any other matter, because Johnson is a fellw human being first, and a politician second.

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