Posted on 09/15/2008 12:15:11 PM PDT by FocusNexus
Senator John McCain, hoping to become the oldest man inaugurated as president, is cancer-free and in general good health, according to medical records his campaign released yesterday and testimonials by his doctors.
more stories like thisMcCain, who has survived four cases of melanoma, has not had a recurrence of the skin cancer since his last melanoma was removed in 2002, said his Mayo Clinic dermatologist, Dr. Suzanne M. Connolly.
While McCain has minor ailments not uncommon for a 71-year-old man - such as a prior case of enlarged prostate - the senator is in good cardiovascular shape and is fit to contend with the rigors of the Oval Office, said Dr. John D. Eckstein, an internal medicine specialist at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona who has treated McCain for 16 years.
The release of eight years of McCain's medical history was meant to allay any fears among voters that he is not prepared to handle the physical de mands of the job. It is the most detail he has disclosed about his health since 1999, when during his first run for president he released 1,500 pages of medical and psychiatric records to address concerns about lasting damage from his 5 1/2 years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.
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In February 1988, after suffering from neck pains, Biden was hospitalized and given lifesaving surgery to correct a brain aneurysm that had begun leaking.[28] Another operation to repair a second aneurysm was performed in May 1988.[29] The hospitalization and recovery kept him from his duties in the U.S. Senate for seven months.[24]
Where are Obama’s records???!!!
He has a note from his doctor.
McCain is in good health
He has longevity in his family genes, his mother, in her mid 90’s, was at the RNC.
So lets discuss the relative death risk for BOTH candidates.
There have been 4 presidents die from ill heath in office, and there have been 4 presidents killed by assassins and one wounded by a would be assassin.
So given the potential for a racist whacko to make an attempt on Obama, I’d say Obama is more at risk than McCain is.
Discuss..
LOL!
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