ABC: McCain Psychologically Damaged? Suffer Dementia? Die Soon? |
| Published: May 22, 2008, 9:13 pm |
| Tags: 2008 presidential, charles gibson, dr tim johnson, john mccain, world news |
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Not waiting until the actual Friday release of John McCain's medical records, on Thursday's World News anchor Charles Gibson (who's 65) and Dr. Tim Johnson (who at 72 is older than McCain) speculated about McCain's health. Gibson wondered about psychological damage from his POW captivity. Assured there's no evidence of that, Gibson jumped to wonder how much longer McCain has to live, a question which led Johnson to warn, that while McCain may live another 16 years, there's a decent chance he'll develop dementia. Gibson asked: There's also an enormous amount of medical records involving the time that he was in captivity in North Vietnam to check to see what physical damage he suffered and maybe what psychological damage. Johnson replied that Navy psychiatrists monitored McCain for many years after his release. They found no evidence of any serious problem. And he strongly denies any symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. Gibson pounced with a new line of [ Full article ] |
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