<p>Just started reading "A Heartbeat Away", the latest bestseller by Michael Palmer. A terrorist group releases a deadly virus during the State of the Union address, threatening the entire Presidential order of succession. From the story: "The feeling he got before a speech of this magnitude reminded him of his days playing quarterback for the Spartans of Case Western Reserve, where he also earned his M.D. degree."</p>
<p>Turns out the author himself earned his M.D. from Case. Nice of him to give his fictional president the same pedigree.</p>