Nurse Taking the Pulse of Presidential Candidates

In light of the prominent position health care has taken in the 2012 presidential race, this month's cover features a political cartoon of a nurse taking the pulse of both candidates, trying to decide between the two. Publication of this cartoon by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist David Horsey may be the first time AJN has used a political cartoon on the cover. Presidential campaigns have always provided good fodder for political cartoons, which typically make use of caricature, satire, and allusion in their visual statements. ...