Heart disease has been the curse of Dick Cheney's life since he had the first of five heart attacks more than 30 years ago, but he sees a silver lining. That first heart attack came during his 1978 run for Congress in a tight race. "As I looked back on it later, I became convinced it kind of helped," he tells the Wall Street Journal in a rare interview about his heart problems. "It significantly advanced my name identification. I got a lot of coverage. I even got sympathy donations. It worked out."