John McCain, cancer and PTSD

He'll be releasing everything about his repeated cancer surgeries. But he won't release his psychiatric records, which hold clues to the effect of his Vietnam captivity.

On Friday, after repeated pledges to do so going back more than a year, the McCain campaign is set to release new information about the Arizona Republican's health history. The release, according to the campaign, will cover the year 2000 forward, a period when McCain had three of his four skin cancers removed, as well as lymph nodes and part of a salivary gland. It will not, however, include McCain's psychiatric records, which McCain allowed a select group ... Full Story »

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by Mark Peyko - Oct. 1, 2008

I thought the competing-with-his-father part was interesting, because of the sitting president. I think a lot of sons measure themselves against their fathers, especially when the father had a visible/public profession. That public role also can lead to increased press analysis and scrutiny.

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