He, too, drops common sense. He forgets that mantra his mentors hammered into his memory bank: “The pursuit of perfection is the ultimate enemy of good.” Overdoing is always worse than underdoing. It is easier to add on later, but almost impossible to “put back that which you took off.” But why does an ordinarily objective and wise doctor temporarily discard the sound advice his teachers gave him? Because, he, too, has a chance to be a celebrity, however vicarious. An opportunity to bask in that special glow we Americans are so good at fostering is often too hard to pass up.