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Anand Kumar

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is helped by fellow Republican senators after the GOP leader, 81, froze at the microphones at a news conference July 26. McConnell returned to take questions and said he was fine.

People have a right to know if aging politicians are physically, mentally fit

We need to have a national conversation about measuring elected officials’ physical and mental-brain health, balancing the public’s right to know with the person’s right to privacy.

By Anand Kumar