Do we know enough about presidential health?

May 19, 2008 By LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer Do we know enough about presidential health? (AP)

In this Dec. 17, 2001 file photo, dark spots are visible on President Bush's cheeks and temple after it was disclose that the president had four lesions removed from his face, including two that are pre-cancerous but not a threat to the president's health. Woodrow Wilson's secret stroke. Grover Cleveland's secret cancer surgery. Franklin D. Roosevelt's secretly worsening heart disease at the world-changing Yalta Conference. Notice a lot of secrets? (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

(AP) -- Woodrow Wilson's secret stroke. Grover Cleveland's secret cancer surgery. Franklin D. Roosevelt's secretly worsening heart disease at the world-changing Yalta Conference. Notice a lot of secrets?

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zevkirsh - May 20, 2008
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mccain is set to die within 90 days of becoming president, beware his choice of vice president.
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how about a MRI of Bush's legendary cortex - there would be an album cover for sure!
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