Eye To Eye With Katie Couric: McCain's Health (CBS News)

John McCain's health record has been under speculation throughout his campaign. Katie Couric speaks with Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Dr. Jon LaPook about the importance of presidential health. (CBSNews.com)

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[zaneman1]

not if he's running for president.

[sexymodelboy]

Medical records should be private. Period.

[drcrd]

In the original video, the doctor says that McCain's wife (and presumably McCain's skin specialist too) checks to see if any melanomas have come back. That is NOT the point. Melanomas per se are not necessarily the cancers that kill outright in and of themselves. BUT they are insidious primary cancers that very frequently travel (metastasise) to the lymph glands/bones/brain/liver and THESE secondary/tertiary cancers are usually the ones that prove fatal.

[bcthighs]

he is a doctor u knob. u cant claim to be a doctor. if hes got his degree and is allowed to practice (which he is) he classified as a doctor

[bcthighs]

and if something happens, mrs palin will be president.

[TomahawkMissile]

In this case it was waived by the patient ie John McCain allowed media access to his medical records. One of the journalist also happens to be a doctor. He was not there in his capacity as a doctor but in his capacity as a journalist who happened to be a doctor.

[eplouie]

in an article for Huffington Post, Dr. Gupta stated that there was something sadly ironic with the fact that physicians and airline pilots are required to release medical records, but not the would-be president of the United States.

[imbill23]

"The nice thing about Alzheimer's is you get to hide your own Easter eggs,"by John McCain

McCain is 2 yrs older than his dad when he died of a heart attack at 70.He is 11 yrs older than his grandfather when he died of a heart attaqck at 61.We cannot afford the risk of McCan dying suddenly in the middle of n international crisis.Nor can we afford the risk of dementia.Reagan was diagnosed with Alzheimer's at 83, but the early signs were evident during his first term.

Vote for Life, Obama/Biden

[vanjura234]

Sanjay Gupta is a board certified neurosurgeon While in Iraq, Gupta performed emergency surgery on both U.S. soldiers and Iraqi civilians. Gupta was embedded with a Marine medical unit at the time. A Marine named Jesus Vidana suffered a severe head injury and the Marines asked for Gupta's assistance because of his background in neurosurgery. Vidana survived and was sent back to the United States for rehabilitation. Guptas brother is also currently serving in Iraq. Get your facts right byone1975.

[byone1975]

Wow. 8 different doctors! Hope the HMO is not giving JMC some hard time! :0)

That S. Gupta amazes. He claims he's a doctor!

First, hasn't he heard about the Doctor-Patient confidentiality law?

Second, M. Moore asked for his opinion about health care for all. He said he thinks this system is not sustainable. Is he a fortune teller, a politician? As a doctor, he should have heard about the Oath of Hypocratus. Shame on you, Mr SG! Be a journalist and stop claiming u're a doctor.