Presidential Health Picks: “President Bush has finally chosen his nominees for two of the nation’s top health positions, the director of the National Institutes of Health and the surgeon general. Both have compelling personal biographies — rising from obscurity and hardship to great prominence — but are relatively unknown outside their fields. Their views on social and ethical issues are a mystery, but the White House seems certain that neither is likely to challenge Mr. Bush’s policies on hot-button issues like embryonic stem cells, cloning and sex education.” NY Times editorial