Why We're Carrying the Brave New PAC Ad About McCain's Health | 16 comments (16 topical, 0 hidden)
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One page for Obama:

The release of a scant one-page summary for 21 years of care brought some criticism to the Obama campaign -- especially when compared to the thousands of pages of medical records released by McCain. Obama promised reporters that if there are additional health-related questions, his campaign would make that information available. "In terms of additional records, if there are particular things that people have questions about, then we'd be happy to give that information," he said.

Thousands of pages for McCain:

This set follows the reams of paper Senator McCain's campaign released during his presidential bid in 2000, in part because of a shadowy set of rumors about the psychological damage he might have suffered during his years as a P.O.W. The records showed no lasting effects.

The Associated Press was given advance access for hours last night, and its reporters pored through documents listing the senator's bouts with melanoma. The most recent examinations show no new cancer recurrence.

by Twba on 09/29/2008 10:39:58 AM EST

Fair is fair (5.00 / 2)

TWBA is right.

Me must pressure, and the media must pressure BOTH candidates to release all their medical records.

What is good for the goose is good for the gander.

Now get to pressuring, twba.

by ProfRich on 09/29/2008 11:33:20 AM EST

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Rhetorical Jujitsu (none / 0)
Me agree with heap big prof and him clever rhetoric.


Hiiiiiiigh-YA !

by perdido619 on 09/29/2008 11:46:25 AM EST

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C'mon, you're smarter than that. (none / 0)
Just because someone dumps thousands of pages of documents doesn't mean they're revealing any information.  That one page summary by Obama appears to have been entirely sufficient to reveal all of the information we need.  But it will take weeks to sift through McCain's dump.  Rather than answer a straight question with a simple answer, he has once again (as a typical Republican) chosen obfuscation over clarity.

However, I am willing to agree that McCain's unstable behavior is not due to his imprisonment.

by EveningStarNM on 09/29/2008 10:56:40 AM EST

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But it will take weeks to sift through McCain's dump.

McCain revealed his medical records in May.

He gets regular checkups.

Mr. McCain, who still has a puffy left cheek and a scar down the back of his neck from his surgery, told reporters that he continued to see an oncologist for regular checkups. The most recent visit was this month.

"I could probably get away with seeing her every six months," Mr. McCain said, "but just to be on the safe side, I see her every three months."

The operation was performed at the Mayo Clinic Scottsdale in Arizona mainly to determine whether a melanoma, a potentially fatal skin cancer, had spread from the left temple to a pivotal lymph node in the neck. A final pathology analysis showed that it had not, Mr. McCain's staff said at the time.

by Twba on 09/29/2008 11:15:49 AM EST

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He's got melanoma, it's recurred already, it's likely to recur again and when he goes under the knife again Palin will be in charge.

Game over.

by EveningStarNM on 09/29/2008 11:35:11 AM EST

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Is your point that McCain's health is A-Ok with no signs of a recurrence of melanoma?

If so, you need to google melanoma.

More importantly, if your news sources didn't report the removal of the huge, scary looking growth on the right side of his face in late July, then you need to find better news sources.


Obama had a one page medical summary because he is healthy. He didn't have 21 years of medical "care". 

You are trying to imply that Obama ISN'T healthy, and that he is keeping those records hidden.

This is a total fabrication. The REAL criticism involving the health status of the candidates was of McCain and his extremely limited access to his health records to answer that question. There was no criticism of Obama's release of his doctor's health accessment, only by Right Wing talk show hosts, and only as a fallacious rhetorical tactic. 


And those "Reams of paper released by McCain's campaign" in 2000 were regarding his mental health, and certainly don't reflect his current health, specifically the melanoma issue, which is post-2000.

OK - so the issue is that McCain has limited access to his medical records and your defense of this is to imply that Obama is actually the candidate that is hiding his medical records?

Who do you think you're fooling here, pal?

by perdido619 on 09/29/2008 11:02:44 AM EST

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