"By 5 o'clock today, you're going to have a Republican liver!"

"You're going to love Ann Coulter! You're going to love Glenn Beck!"

"No way!" protested Tim, a staunch Democrat. He swore that even with a chunk of his Republican brother-in-law's liver inside him, he'd never be conservative. The foursome joked and laughed during the 45-minute drive to Lahey. At the hospital, the sisters kissed their husbands goodbye, and the men were wheeled into operating rooms, where surgeons would remove 60% of Paul's liver and give it to Tim, who suffered from advanced liver disease.

A year later Tim was dead, and Paul died in the operating room that day.