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This morning, I had an opportunity to listen to some of Gov. Christine Gregoire's interview with Steve Scher from inside the KUOW studio. One moment in particular stands out: When Scher asked Gregoire, a breast-cancer survivor, how she felt about new US government guidelines suggesting that women delay getting mammograms until after the age of 50 (and stop doing self-exams altogether), she responded forcefully: "I am just about as frustrated with this advice and how it was handled as I can be." Gregoire pointed out that her own cancer was detected by a routine mammogram.

"I am one of those examples of why you do need a mammogram,” she told Scher.

Listen to the whole interview here; read my rant about the mammogram advice and other health-care issues here.