I hate to break it to the CBers but the man who will likely succeed Lott is a confessed cat killer who lied to animal shelters to get kitties for medical research. See http://slate.msn.com/?id=2075669
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Not all of Frist's life story is saintly. He left his fiancee two days before their wedding for the woman who is now his wife. As a medical student, he lied to animal shelters in order to acquire cats for experiments.
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