Newt's ideas are influencing how we at AARP are thinking about our national role in health promotion and disease prevention and in our advocating for system change.

--William D. Novelli, executive director and CEO of AARP, from his preface to Newt Gingrich's book Saving Lives & Saving Money: Transforming Health and Healthcare

Yes, the head of AARP is in bed with Gingrich -- so fond of Newt that he wrote a preface to his latest book. BuzzFlash has the story.

(UPDATE: Nathan Newman makes the case that Novelli knows the prescription drug bill isn't great and is supporting the best he thinks he can get. Well, OK, maybe. These criticisms of Novelli's AARP aren't easily dismissed, however.)