March 25, 2008 12:29PM 

# Be Still My Beating Heart… 

By [Jerry Taylor](https://www.cato.org/people/jerry-taylor) 

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Move over Ron Paul, [my heart belongs to Jack](http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/25/us/25brfs-007.html)! How long until we see a “Kevorkian Girl” on You-Tube?

> The assisted-suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian announced that he was running for Congress as an independent. If elected, he said his main priority would be promoting the Ninth Amendment, which protects rights not explicitly specified elsewhere in the Constitution. Mr. Kevorkian, 79, says he interprets it as protecting a person’s choice to die through assisted suicide or to avoid wearing a seat belt. The Congressional seat in Detroit’s suburbs is now held by Representative Joe Knollenberg, a Republican who is seeking re-election.

Those still a bit uncertain about the wisdom of physician assisted suicide might want to keep in mind the following three words: President Hillary Clinton.

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