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CBS' Byron Pitts revisited the harrowing deathbed scene he first told us about 15 months ago. Back then he was about to interview Carmelo Rodriguez, a Marine Corps sergeant, about the medical malpractice that failed to treat his skin cancer for eight years after it was diagnosed. While Pitts was waiting for his soundbite, Rodriguez died. The pictures of his melanoma-ravaged body were the shocking highlight of his report, which was re-aired at a Congressional hearing.
Pitts attended the hearing for a CBS News Investigation as Rodriguez' kin testified that the Supreme Court ruling from 1950 known as the Feres Doctrine should be overturned. Feres immunizes the military healthcare system against lawsuits for malpractice. "In nearly 60 years no one has successfully challenged the Feres Doctrine--but no one has ever made it this far before."
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