He has a very expressive voice, ironic and amused, so while he didn't actually roll his eyes, it seemed as though he had. And the reaction made a certain kind of sense. Eight pages is indeed a long article, especially when it's full of science talk. Very Important Conservatives, and their less important friends, have much more serious, much more interesting concerns. Or so they think.
Breast implants are in fact neither dull nor silly.
They are a lot more important than what sort of art the National Endowment for the Arts funds or whether it even exists. More important than the survival of the Commerce Department, the future of public television, or whether the U.S. embassy moves to Jerusalem. More important, in other words, than 95 percent of the issues that consume the conventionally wise on any given Washington day. To understand why, however, you have to think about a future beyond the New Hampshire primary, Internet hype, and next month's mortgage payment. Right now, breast implants symbolize the power politics of the Food and Drug Administration and the breakdown of the tort system.