John McCain's Health Records Released. . .Sort Of

Photo from source, New York Times

I hate to sound suspicious, but the last eight years have made me deeply cynical of politicians, particularly of the GOP brand. If John McCain is in fighting form, and perfect health,

- Why was this released late on a Friday, on a holiday weekend, the traditional political "news dump?"

- Why were reporters only allowed brief access to the records?

- Why were a limited number of reporters allowed to view them?

- Why weren't they allowed to take or make copies?

- In fact, why didn't they just release them entirely by PDF files to the whole media at large?

Sorry, this smells fishy. And I don't think I'm the only one that thinks so.

[Excerpt]

Doctors Say McCain Is in Good Health and Free of Cancer

Senator John McCain, 71, is in excellent health and shows no evidence of a recurrence of the melanoma skin cancer that led to extensive head and neck surgery in 2000, Mr. McCain’s doctors said on Friday.

Mr. McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has kidney stones and takes medication to reduce his cholesterol but otherwise has a strong heart and is good shape, the doctors said. . .

Read more at: New York Times