And, with his own health on the line, he prefers to put his trust in the "second-rate, profit-driven health-care behemoth" south of the St. Lawrence, rather than try a hospital in Canada.

"Ultimately, we have to be the gatekeepers of our own health," said Williams' deputy premier, "and he has taken medical advice from a number of different sources,"

Williams, he added, "is doing what's best for him."

Precisely.

Last summer, President Obama -- who still hopes to overhaul American health-care -- defended the Canadian system as one that "works for Canada."

Not for all Canadians, apparently.

Certainly not those well-connected pols, who -- like Danny Williams -- can afford better health care in the good ol' US of A.