Bill Frist, a Compasionate Conservative

During Frist's visit to Sri Lanka, he had the audacity make this request:

Just before his helicopter lifted off, Frist and aides took snapshots of each other near a pile of tsunami debris.

"Get some devastation in the back," Frist told a photographer.

I'm guessing the locals are getting a little tired of their plight being used for political posturing.

"They talk as though they do everything here. Many people come here; they just take photographs, but we don't get anything," said Ramzan Mohideen, a man in a Muslim cap and gown who lost his jewelry business