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McCain Receives Clean Bill Of Health

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The Associated Press

Published: May 24, 2008

FOUNTAIN HILLS, Ariz. - John McCain, seeking to become the oldest elected first-term president, gets an in-depth skin cancer check every few months because of melanomas.

He now appears cancer-free and is in generally good health, according to eight years of medical records McCain's presidential campaign made available Friday as it sought to prove that, at 71, he is healthy enough - and not too old - to serve as president.

It has been six years since his last episode of melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer - and eight years since a melanoma invaded his skin deeply enough to scare his doctors. No worrisome lesions were found during his most recent exam.

"... While it's impossible to predict any person's future health, I and my colleagues can find no medical reason or problems that would preclude Senator McCain of fulfilling all the duties and obligations of the president of the United States," said Mayo Clinic internist John Eckstein, his longtime personal physician.

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