It had occurred to no one that the colon-cancer test kits might require two postage stamps. “Who the hell would know that you need more than one stamp to send it back to the medical center? I would have done the same thing.” People were dying, for a stamp. The Charleston VA began to send out pre-addressed envelopes with two stamps, and within a year had leapt to the front of the pack in its detection of colon cancer. “I loved that moment,” said Carter. “It was so commonsense.”