The Patrick Swayze Death Watch is finally over. The 57-year-old actor of Dirty Dancing fame, who "succumbed to cancer," as so many news outlets like to say, died yesterday, which means I won't have to look at National Enquirer covers in the grocery store check-out line anymore showing him gaunter and gaunter and closer to death each week (This morning's nationalenquirer.com headline: "Swayze is Dead. Brave Patrick Swayze succumbs after long battle to cancer." Don't miss their coverage.)

Now, at along last, he can get some peace. But us: What about us? We need someone else's illness to exploit!

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The big news in Washington this morning was already shared with City Desk readers early yesterday evening: Senator John Ensign (R-Nev.) admitted to having an affair with a campaign staffer.  There's no word on whether Ensign plans on resigning but he wishes he could take it all back.  Obviously.  He was a member of the Promise Keepers, for Pete's sake.  There's a lot to be said about Ensign's contradictory behavior but at least he came public without the help of the fine journalists at the National Enquirer.

Drug recalls, crime bills, and a double dose of foreign policy after the jump. Read More "Our Morning Roundup: Truth Telling Edition" »