McCain to release medical records Friday (supposedly)

[babylonsister]

Do we know enough about presidential health?
By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press


WASHINGTON — Woodrow Wilson's secret stroke. Grover Cleveland's secret cancer surgery. Franklin D. Roosevelt's secretly worsening heart disease at the world-changing Yalta Conference.

Notice a lot of secrets?

While the public knows far more today about the health of its presidents and presidential candidates than ever before, do we know enough? And does knowing about an illness even matter, by affecting how people vote?

They're questions that will gain more prominence Friday as one presidential candidate — Republican John McCain — performs the election-year ritual of releasing medical records to demonstrate he's healthy enough for office.

Last week at a meeting of the American College of Physicians, a high-profile panel of doctors suggested it's time to replace that ritual with a health exam for presidents and presidential hopefuls that mimics the regular fit-for-flight physicals required of pilots — one done by a team of independent physicians instead of the leader's own.

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http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-05-19-health-president_N.htm

[Solly Mack]

1. (Looks around - sneaks in off-topic comment) I'm home

Surgery went well. 30 hour hospital stay. 2-4 weeks recovery. (because it was all L-VA)

Wee bit groggy, little bit sore....and lots of happy pills. :)

OH, and fffffffffffffff on McCain.

[babylonsister]

2. PM sent. Great to see you! You were missed. nt