It has leaked out that Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s medical correspondent and host of the network’s House Call, is under consideration by the Obama administration for the surgeon general post. He is a real doctor, a neurosurgeon, and, of course, has excellent communication skills, which would be a big asset for the position. However, his work on a health network beamed to doctor’s waiting rooms across the country has raised some conflict-of-interest concerns because of drug-company sponsorship of those programs.

WORLD columnist Gene Edward Veith calls this sort of appointment part of a growing “celebritocracy.” Do you agree? Would this be akin to President Bush naming Fox News senior judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano to fill a Supreme Court vacancy? Or do you think Gupta would be a wise choice for the president-elect?