John McCain is one of the worse candidate's in history. He moved to the right embracing Republican orthodoxy and flip-flopped on a handful of issues that use to separate him from his party. Worse of all, John McCain and his sidekick Sarah Palin are running one of the dirtiest, untruthful, hateful campaigns I ever seen.
On top of these concerns are legitimate questions about his health. John McCain is the oldest person to ever run for first term President. He had several bouts with skin cancer. Now, new questions have arisen about his health.
The NYT reporter, Lawrence Altman, a medical doctor himself, reports:
Serious gaps remain in the public's knowledge about the health of the presidential and vice-presidential nominees which is a striking departure from recent campaigns, in which many candidates and their doctors were more forthcoming.
Lawrence Altman goes on to say:
If elected, Senator John McCain of Arizona, 72, the Republican nominee, would be the oldest man to be sworn in to a first term as president and the first cancer survivor to win the office. The scars on his puffy left cheek are cosmetic reminders of the extensive surgery he underwent in 2000 to remove a malignant melanoma.
Last May, his campaign and his doctors released nearly 1,200 pages of medical information, far more than the three other nominees. But the documents were released in a restricted way that leaves questions, even confusion, about his cancer.
A critical question concerns inconsistencies in medical opinions about the severity of his melanoma; if the classification of his melanoma is more severe, it would increase the statistical likelihood of death from a recurrence of the cancer. [...]
By not allowing reporters to interview him or his doctors extensively about his entire medical history, he has made it impossible to get a complete picture of his diagnoses and treatment.
John McCain likes to talk about transparency so why is he hiding the facts about his health? This is particularly disturbing given the newbie he selected as Vice Presidential candidate. Meanwhile, nothing at all is known about her health as she refuses to disclose her records.
http://www.nytimes.com/...