The campaign just made McCain’s medical records available:
- To a limited number of reporter.
- Does not include earlier records, which might detail the physical and psychological consequences of his captivity in Vietnam.
- It is being done on a Friday, and not just any Friday, but one before a 3 day weekend.
- The reporters get 3 hours to review 400+ pages.
- They are not allowed to make copies.
If I had something to conceal, and knew that I had to release something, this is how I would do it. If you have a problem, even seemingly innocuous records can show a red flag, but if you have non-medical political reporters who have about 90 seconds to review a page, those flags get missed.