What’s McCain hiding in his medical records?
McCain’s medical records release, put off twice, won’t really be a “release” </p>
It was back in early March when we noted that the McCain campaign was promising the release of their man’s medical records “in a month or so.” That turned into a pledge they’d be released by April 15. Now the word is May 15.</p>
The delays have occasioned some dark speculations, but McCain’s people are pleading logistical difficulties. And that may be so – because what the McCainiacs have in mind is not really a release of medical records but a carefully managed press event. The plan, detailed by Dan Nowicki in an excellent Arizona Republic article earlier this month, is to convene a gathering where three of McCain’s docs will hold forth and a small gaggle of journalists from the Washington press corps will get to peruse the candidate’s medical records for a grand total of 90 minutes. Many more journos – up to 750 – are expected to participate in a teleconference, but it appears they won’t have any direct access to the files themselves.</p>
The dossier that a privileged few reporters will get an hour and a half to digest is likely to be voluminous. When McCain last gave the press a peek at his medical records in 1999 – under roughly the same terms as he’ll show them this time – the mound of paper comprised over 1,500 pages. And since then, eight years have passed and McCain has undergone a serious bout with stage II melanoma that necessitated extensive surgery. </em></p>
Hey old man…whatcha hiding in there? And what the f is that lump on your face?
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