Can somebody explain why a Presidential candidate has the right to hide medical records?

[LiberadorHugo]

Can't the legislative branch require all Presidential candidates to disclose this information upon the candidate's accepting the nomination?

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. it is important for voters to know

[cabluedem]

8. We need to know how advanced his demetia is. Dont neen a Reagan again

NO I Don't think we need to know about abortions or other medical issues that are not job-related.

[terrya]

2. McCain is hiding his medical records?

[Salviati]

7. What more could you ask for?

I mean he let select members of the press view the 1500+ pages of documents for THREE whole hours! What more do you want? To make photocopes or take notes? Sheesh!

:sarcasm:


http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/05/22/mccain.records/

[GodlessBiker]

3. Including if they have had abortions? Is all privacy to be thrown out the window?

[cabluedem]

5. Lot of safety senitive jobs have partial medical records for employees. Why should McCain be off the

hook on his?

[GodlessBiker]

9. I can go with "partial." Which partial?

[cabluedem]

11. Continuing Drug and alcohol testing for the most part. Lots of Americans have to submit to this.

[PBS Poll-435]

17. Then make McCain pee in a cup.

It isn't the same thing as having your entire medical history released.

[cabluedem]

19. How do you figure that? Unine samples are done every day.

[PBS Poll-435]

20. Yeah. Pee = Urine

[Essene]

14. Exactly. This is a horrible precedent to set. The issue is knowing basic health, not prying...

[Hangingon]

4. There is no legal requirement.

What medical informtion do we need? There are some things that are private.

[hedgehog]

There is no legal requirement, but the voters have the option of

making this a deal breaker.

[Hangingon]

10. Voters can use any reasoning they wish to decide how to vote.

I am just thinking of JFK's medical history and how closely guarded that was.

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

6. Because he's being held together with duct tape.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

12. It is the voters responsiblity to force release of such records

If voters care about somebody's medical records so much they won't vote for him unless they are released then the situation clarifies itself.

And if voters don't care enough, there's no reason to release them.

The constitution is explicit as who is eligible to be president. Nobody has to release background information, participate in debates, speak to the press or anything else.

[Essene]

13. Because we really do NOT have the right to demand private medical records. However...

We do have the right to know about a candidate's health.

These 2 are not the same thing.

[secondwind]

15. they have also said that Palin's medical records won't be released...........I wonder why

[PBS Poll-435]

16. I don't want to know McCain's trials with teh Herpes or Syphilis,or Chlamydia

Nope.

[JeffR]

18. Only GOP candidates can.

If a Democrat were to try it, our Vigorous Watchdog Free Press would rise as one from their siesta from reality and bark, bark, bark, world without end.