Here was a NYT piece in March of 2008 titled “On the Campaign Trail, Few Mentions of McCain’s Bout With Melanoma”.
“Along with his signature bright white hair, the most striking aspects of Senator John McCain’s physical appearance are his puffy left cheek and the scar that runs down the back of his neck… The marks are cosmetic reminders of the melanoma surgery he underwent in August 2000.
“In 1999, during Mr. McCain’s first race for president, he gave the public an extraordinary look at his medical history — 1,500 pages of medical and psychiatric records that were amassed as part of a United States Navy project to gauge the health of former prisoners of war… This reporter, who is a physician, interviewed the senator’s doctors in 1999 with his permission.”
The writer then complained that in 2008, however, updated medical records were not available:
“But this time around, Mr. McCain has yet to make his full medical records or his physicians available to reporters… At least three times since March 2007, campaign officials have told The New York Times that they would provide the detailed information about his current state of health, but they have not done so.”
