Mo commentary: It would be easy to make this into a political issue, and trust me, Mo considered doing just that, but is holding back. However, just wait till this story gets big on the internets (and it will), and watch all the "pro health care" folks turn this into a big issue in an attempt to make the case for Obama care. First one who finds a story and links it here gets a genuine no-prize.

A Vietnam veteran was found dead in his Brooklyn home yesterday — months after neighbors began complaining to the city about an unbearable smell coming from the apartment.

James Gales, 62, was often seen pushing himself around in his wheelchair at the Breukelen Houses in Canarsie, where he lived for 17 years, until late January when he mysteriously disappeared, neighbors said.