Byrd and Warner in hospital

I had mentioned earlier today that John Warner (VA) was admitted to a D.C.-area hospital for observation after experiencing an irregular heartbeat, the same condition that hospitalized Warner in October.

I am now reading that Robert Byrd (WV) has also been sent to the hospital with complaints of pain following a fall on Monday evening. Byrd, who has cast more votes in the Senate than any other senator, showed up for work Tuesday morning nonetheless and voted in the first of two roll call votes on Tuesday before heeding to advice that he admit himself to the hospital for observation. He missed an afternoon roll call vote.

Byrd has still been present on the Senate floor in 2008 but he has not recently given the rousing sort of speech that he gave in 2007 concerning attempts to pass something akin to a line-item veto act.