“I can find no medical reason that would preclude Senator McCain from fulfilling all the duties and obligations of president of the United States.”
Physician John Eckstein on his long-time patient, John McCain, 71, who made his medical records public in an attempt to persuade voters that he is healthy enough to run for president. McCain has had skin cancer, kidney cysts, precancerous polyps in his colon and bladder stones (Los Angeles Times, 24 May)
“It’s not like one little star turning off at a time. Whole constellations are blinking off at once.”
Nicholas Christakis of Harvard Medical School,…
