Doctor Without Candor

Frist’s Memoir Skips the Fray

• By Byron C. Tau
• Roll Call Staff
• Nov. 3, 2009, Midnight

Most political memoirs are stale rehashes of talking points recycled from a politician’s days in office — Richard Nixon’s explanations of Watergate, for instance, or Bill Clinton’s refusal to honestly address the controversies surrounding Monica Lewinsky, Paula Jones and Whitewater in “My Life.” In fact, candor in a political figure is what really has shock value.