Mrs. Peale
2008-09-19 14:48:57 UTC
2,000 Doctors Call on McCain to Release His Medical Records
Posted by Staff, Brave New Films at 2:43 PM on September 17, 2008.
The state of McCain's health has become an increasingly important
issue in the general election.
Editor's note: The following is a press release from our friends at
Brave New Films:
2,000 Doctors Call on McCain to Release his Medical Records
LOS ANGELES -- Over 2,000 MDs and other degreed medical professionals
have signed an open letter calling for a "full, public disclosure" of
John McCain's medical records. Brave New Films will release the
complete list of names to reporters this Thursday. The text of the
letter is viewable here.
The state of McCain's health has become an increasingly important
issue in the general election. In an interview with George
Stephanopoulos last Sunday, Senator Claire McCaskill pointed to
McCain's advanced age and history of melanoma as "a reality here that
we have to face." Responding to a question about McCain's cancer,
Senator Harry Reid told blogger Matt Stoller last month, "Health
issues are extremely important. . .There should be total transparency
when a person is running for President of the United States." Senator
Chuck Schumer told Stoller, "When you're running for president,
everything should be public including your full medical records."
Video of the remarks by Schumer and Reid is available here.
In May, the McCain campaign allowed a small group of reporters to
review over 1,000 pages of McCain's medical records from 2000 to 2008
in just three hours and under strict prohibitions. In an interview
with the Columbia Journalism Review, Lawrence Altman, M.D., medical
correspondent for The New York Times, described the event as such: ".
. .to have a slew of reporters and give each individual reporter three
hours to go through what was said to be approximately a thousand pages
- that's 333 pages per hour, and I don't think speed readers can read
that much that fast. . .[the time limit] doesn't allow anyone, in my
mind, to make a thorough analysis and recording, which is what you'd
want."
Posted by Staff, Brave New Films at 2:43 PM on September 17, 2008.
The state of McCain's health has become an increasingly important
issue in the general election.
Editor's note: The following is a press release from our friends at
Brave New Films:
2,000 Doctors Call on McCain to Release his Medical Records
LOS ANGELES -- Over 2,000 MDs and other degreed medical professionals
have signed an open letter calling for a "full, public disclosure" of
John McCain's medical records. Brave New Films will release the
complete list of names to reporters this Thursday. The text of the
letter is viewable here.
The state of McCain's health has become an increasingly important
issue in the general election. In an interview with George
Stephanopoulos last Sunday, Senator Claire McCaskill pointed to
McCain's advanced age and history of melanoma as "a reality here that
we have to face." Responding to a question about McCain's cancer,
Senator Harry Reid told blogger Matt Stoller last month, "Health
issues are extremely important. . .There should be total transparency
when a person is running for President of the United States." Senator
Chuck Schumer told Stoller, "When you're running for president,
everything should be public including your full medical records."
Video of the remarks by Schumer and Reid is available here.
In May, the McCain campaign allowed a small group of reporters to
review over 1,000 pages of McCain's medical records from 2000 to 2008
in just three hours and under strict prohibitions. In an interview
with the Columbia Journalism Review, Lawrence Altman, M.D., medical
correspondent for The New York Times, described the event as such: ".
. .to have a slew of reporters and give each individual reporter three
hours to go through what was said to be approximately a thousand pages
- that's 333 pages per hour, and I don't think speed readers can read
that much that fast. . .[the time limit] doesn't allow anyone, in my
mind, to make a thorough analysis and recording, which is what you'd
want."