Having melanoma that many times is scary. On the other side i seriously doubt Obama's lungs are that bad. Unless of course he'd been smoking 2 packs/day for 30 years. I'm also suspicious as to whether of not he's really quit smoking, but he could have.
He has "quit" more than once: "Obama is still using Nicorette gum to stay off cigarettes--he has quit smoking several times, his doctor notes."
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/05/obama_releases_health_informat.htmlHe also refused to release his medical records. Instead, his doctor released a 276-word summary:
WASHINGTON--Likely Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is in "excellent health," according to a summary of Obama medical records released on Thursday. The 276-word summary was written by Dr. David L. Scheiner, the Chicago doctor who has been Obama's personal physician since March, 1987. Obama has not had a check-up in more than a year. Scheiner described Obama as "lean and muscular with no excess body fat."
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/05/obama_releases_health_informat.htmlWhat is he hiding?
Compare that to McCain allowing independent docs to review his records:
McCain in 'excellent health,' doctor says FOUNTAIN HILLS, Arizona (CNN) -- A team of doctors from the Mayo Clinic declared Friday that there appears to be no physical reason why Sen. John McCain, the 71-year-old presumed Republican presidential candidate, could not carry out the duties of the office.
"Sen. McCain enjoys excellent health and displays extraordinary energy, and, while it is impossible to predict any person's future health, I and my colleagues can find no medical reason or problem that would preclude Sen. McCain from fulfilling all of the duties or obligations of the president of the United States," said Dr. John D. Eckstein, an internist who has been overseeing McCain's treatment for 16 years at the famed research center's campus in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/05/23/mccain.health.records/index.html
