A great guy to have a beer with

In today's NY Times [behind subscription wall], Bob Herbert captured a truth about America's favorite drinking buddy in his column:

In two years and a few months Americans will vote again for president. I hope the long list of tragic failures by Bush & Co. prompts people to take that election more seriously than some in the past. If you were about to be lifted onto an operating table, you’d be more interested in the competence of the surgeon than in his or her personality.

So true. I couldn't give a hoot whether my surgeon would be a great guy to have a beer with.