McCain Delays Release Of Medical Records Again

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The Carpetbagger Report   |  Steve Benen   |   April 4, 2008 12:15 AM


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With this in mind, it came as a bit of a surprise when CNN reported yesterday, "The McCain campaign said Wednesday the Arizona senator's medical records will no longer be released by April 15. They now say the new timetable is 'sometime in May.'"

My hunch is that there's probably nothing to this. If McCain had a serious medical problem that would interfere with his campaign or his ability to serve, it'd be insane for him to try to conceal it now.

But why, then, play these games?

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whatever his faults, mccain is a man who, if he orderd a nuclear strike on moscow by mistake, would be man enough to go as close to moscow as radiation levels would permit, apoligize, and take full responsibility. i don't know what else you could ask him to do.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:50 PM on 04/04/2008

Maybe they finally found that Communist implant in McCain's brain during his Hanoi Hotel stay that will be activated as soon as he becomes POTUS.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:34 PM on 04/04/2008

Yup can you say white out!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:37 PM on 04/04/2008

he's 72 years old and his immune system, by virtue of his age and the human condition, is going down the drain. he's had melanoma, which is questionably on of the most deadly cancers there is. he spent how many years in a pow camp? that's bound to whack out the best of people.

i think it's valid to want to have some information on these things. had many americans known that bush was certifiably batsh#t crazy i doubt we'd be in the mess we're in today.

that being said, if there is even a HINT of a questionable psychological assessment after his incarceration, no matter how long ago, he's toast. i can understand him being nervous about it.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:55 AM on 04/04/2008

mr magoo doesn't have medical records. he has warranties and instruction manuals.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:31 AM on 04/04/2008

Who cares!

Even if McCain has a disease that will kill him 2 days after becoming president, why should that be a reason not to vote for him? Shouldn't we care more about substantive issues, like that he badly wants a win in Iraq to make up for Vietnam to the point that he's willing to ignore all reason.

Let's talk issues:
Why did Obama vote in 2005 for the CHENEY energy bill?
Why does McCain continue to support a failed occupation?
How can Clinton claim to champion gay rights when she is going to comprimise (you don't comprimise when it comes to civil rights)?

Who cares about their health? Who cares about their tax return (that's an issue for the IRS and FBI)?
Let's talk about issues, and here no candidate is better than the others, they all have deep, deep flaws.
To state otherwise is to be ignorant of reality.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:27 AM on 04/04/2008

There's probably a psychiatric evaluation that's not exactly positive.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:24 AM on 04/04/2008

mainstream media and the corporate world are comprised of old white men who, for the most part, are uncomfortable with doing things differently, also known as gravity sinking in. this means that they are going to support mccain, while trying to appear fair. how will obama cope with this problem? all of hillary's destructive statements about him will be played repetitively by republican ad campaign people.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:22 AM on 04/04/2008

The pattern continues: Hillary has huge leads in states until the voting draws near, Obama campaigns, voters hear and see candidates up close, and the gap closes to a very tight race. Then, if Hillary squeaks out a victory, she claims to be the ''comeback kid," when actually voters are deserting her. The more familiar voters come with Hillary's policies, peronsality, dishonesty and dirty campaign tactics, and the more Old Bill Clinton vents red faced and finger wagging, the more support Obama picks up.

The vast majority of this nation does not want Bill and Hillary back in the White House and more of the Bush-Clinton corporate serving, warmongering, mean-spiritied, politically divisive status quo.

Maybe, Pennsylvanians will sense their responsibility, step up, vote for the future, and send Bill and Hillary packing.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:20 AM on 04/04/2008

Hey, get this! I just heard on NPR this morning that John McCain has REFUSED all Secret Service protection. That proves he is unfit to command, unfit to serve, and lacks the basic COMMON SENSE to be a President! He was picked to lose from the start. I pray that Obama is the spoiler and not just another tool of the Conspiracy.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:18 AM on 04/04/2008

Hey, get this! I just heard on NPR this morning that John McCain has REFUSED all Secret Service protection. That proves he is unfit to command, unfit to serve, and lacks the basic COMMON SENSE to be a President! He was picked to lose from the start. I pray that Obama is the spoiler and not just another tool of the Conspriacy.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:17 AM on 04/04/2008

"If McCain had a serious medical problem that would interfere with his campaign or his ability to serve, it"d be insane for him to try to conceal it now."


there is one key word in that statement.

see if you can find it.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:49 AM on 04/04/2008

Ha ha!! I'm guessing it's INSANE!!!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:01 AM on 04/04/2008

Actually, he's hiding a brain tumor the size of a softball.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:22 AM on 04/04/2008

Why is this news?

Has Hillary released HER medical records?

Her husband never did. In fact, he enacted HIPPA, so everyones medical records are sealed by law.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:40 AM on 04/04/2008

Jeez Timmy, can't you do better than that? There's an 11 year gap between McPain & Shillary, so that kinda shoots your argument in the foot, don't ya think?

The guy is 71 years old; the average human being doesn't live that long and not have health problems, and it's no big leap to suggest that such might very well be the reason McCain is hesitant to release those records.

All of that is true for an average, mostly healthy American who has never gone through the sort of deep trauma that McPain went through in the Hanoi Hilton; do ya think maybe his body is in worse than average shape because of all of that?

Sure you do, if you think about ...and really, even if a miracle happens and your guy gets elected, do we want a president who is likely to drop dead in the oval office and leave us with whatever yahoo he picks for a running mate?

No thanks there Timmy...you can back to thinking up GOP-counter attacks to HuffPo commenters now, I'm done with you.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:19 AM on 04/04/2008

"I'm done with you."

Got to love Democrats. You always claim to be the Party of open minds, but when someone tries to engage you in a spirited debate, you run away. And Like Al Gore, you claim simply: "The Debate Is Over."

It seems to me that equal protection under the law requires, that if one candidate needs to release his records, ALL candidates need to. And if one President never did, there is no reason for any candidate to do so.

Age is only one factor. There are many serious diseases that are not age dependent. And life expectancy for a man who has reached 71 is 84. (roughly the same as a woman of 60)

http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/STATS/table4c6.html

And you are wrong to assume that McCain is my candidate. Right now I'm hoping that he picks a real conservative running mate (in which case, a serious medical condition might be a reason to vote FOR him).

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:36 PM on 04/04/2008

I hear ya, but Timmy, ya gotta offer up something that isn't tired old GOP - BS, and that's all you ever post!

There's nothing to debate there fella, your party and ALL of it's principles are a SHAM and a FAILURE.

Accept it and try to fix it, or not.

But if it's the "or not" you're sticking with, THEN I'M DONE WITH YOU.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:09 PM on 04/04/2008

Actually, I don't think that years of extended torture qualifies one to lead our country. I would much prefer intelligence, self-control, and analytical thinking, none of which McCain has. If anything, his experiences in Viet Nam disqualify him...his body and mind may be damaged in ways we don't know about until it's too late.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:35 AM on 04/04/2008

"...his body and mind may be damaged in ways we don't know about until it's too late."

Yup, exactly my point. I've been thinking for over a year now that he's really off the tracks mentally; his handlers surely know this, and their stories would probably be shocking.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:46 AM on 04/04/2008

Bill also wasn't in his 70s and wasn't going senile before our very eyes, not to mention that growth on McCain's face.

Call it ageism if you so desire, but it is a fact that as you get older, you are at higher risk of health problems and failure.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:17 AM on 04/04/2008

Maybe waiting on results of tests.

Lets just give the man a chance. Ones health cannot be hidden like bad acne. If he is sick it damn well will show up and doom every elderly candidate from here on.

I doubt if John McCain wants that as his legacy.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:15 AM on 04/04/2008

It is possible he may have some medical problems, but medical records really should be private. The truth is, he wouldn't have to release them. We shouldn't judge that so quickly.

Then again, how do we know there might not be some plan afoot by the republicans to replace McCain at the last minute by someone else? Given the way these guys operate, anything is possible.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:14 AM on 04/04/2008

Please be patient. It takes time to doctor medical records and cover up physical problems. They have to check to make sure nothing is remaining somewhere in one of those EMC databases. When the truth is all scrubbed clean, all information truly deleted, hard drives cleaned off, then we'll get his medical record; the one they want everyone to see.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:10 AM on 04/04/2008

While the McCain team is at the photocopy machine, let's see the tax returns - both for the Senator and Cindy McCain since the majority of the money is in her name. Interesting that the MSM that is so in love with the senior senator from Arizona does not demand access to the medical records and the tax records.
Some of the smaller papers in Arizona have done reviews of the Senator's political career and a comparison of some of his legislative initiatives that have benefited his wife's business interests but of course Russert, Matthews and the rest of the talking heads don't bring it up because it could upset their cozy relationship with McCain.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:03 AM on 04/04/2008

more proff as i have posted here many times.
this man is NOT healthy.

WATCH to see who is the pick for VP.
that will be the real person the repugs want as president.

40-60 mccain makes it to the convention.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:59 AM on 04/04/2008

I agree - watch who gets picked as the VP slot. That is very important! Hope that it isn't Jeb Bush.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:27 AM on 04/04/2008

McCain's medical records are being copied for release. They are backed up behind Hillary's tax returns at the same Kinkos.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:52 AM on 04/04/2008

McCain probably forgot where he put his records...

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:49 AM on 04/04/2008

I'd take a look at what the hell is growing on his face

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:45 AM on 04/04/2008

That's too obvious, we aren't allowed to talk about that huge thing...

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:27 AM on 04/04/2008

lol..im afraid you are right the MSM never reports the obvious anymore..Iraq is an a example i can think of...

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:34 AM on 04/04/2008

How funny would it be if they released it and parts of it were redacted?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:41 AM on 04/04/2008

He obviously is hiding something. He lies, dissembles, obfuscates - well, this HOTHEAD is a fraud and hypocrite. That would make anyone ill. Remember this man won't sign the anti-torture bill. Perhaps he should have stayed in the Hanoi Hilton a little longer. His POW status is now being dusted-off and showcased as his qualification to be elected POTUS. With whispering old Joe LIE-ber-man at his side, we surely will get nothing but veracity from "MCNASTY" (as he was known in high school). Kids sure do see through people, don't they?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:38 AM on 04/04/2008

He's pregnant.
He's scheduled to go on Oprah next week and claim it's the cause of his mood swings.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:29 AM on 04/04/2008

There should be mental proficiency tests for Presidents. McCain is questionable, bordeline. I fully believe George Bush is insane. Psychopathic?, sociopathic?, he fits in there somewhere.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:23 AM on 04/04/2008

There should be, but with BushCo, too many test results would indicate mental illness; who in there right mind would dispute that Dubbya is a sociopath?

Cheney, now he's the scary one; my bet is that he'd be an off the scale megalomaniac / psychopath, with indicators that point to murder and torture [and I would throw in Wolfowitz & PNAC ideologues Richard Perle & Doug Feith for a lesser degree of that diagnosis].

Condi Rice: a sociopath with paranoid tendencies¦.

I think Rumsfeld may actually be sane...he's just an extremely immoral flake who realized too late that neither he, nor his cronies were nearly as smart as they had originally thought.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:40 AM on 04/04/2008

Along with a psychological work-up, these candidates should be given routine drug screens. Bush, clearly is on psychotropic medication, albeit the wrong type and dose. Poor guy can't even conjugate a sentence.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:41 AM on 04/04/2008

I'm actually surprised that there isn't.

When I was a B-52 Aircraft Commander, I was under the "Personnel Reliability Program" or PRP which among other things required a period psych evaluation (because I was in charge of nuclear weapons).

I always wondered why the one person with the actual authority to order a nuclear strike wasn't under the same program.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:38 AM on 04/04/2008
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