Rand Paul Doesn’t Buy Doctor’s Clearance Of McConnell, Not A ‘Valid’ Diagnosis

“…Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), a former ophthalmologist who has long been a thorn in his home state colleague’s side, took issue with Monahan’s letter and the overall rationale given for McConnell’s health episodes after the Capitol physician cited dehydration as a contributing factor.

“It’s just mildly annoying to see people saying this is dehydration when it’s obviously not,” Paul told reporters outside the Senate chamber. “Everybody’s seen the clips. It’s not a valid medical diagnosis for people to say that’s dehydration.”

He added, “I don’t think it’s been particularly helpful to have the Senate doctor describing it as dehydration, which I think even non-physicians seeing that probably aren’t really accepting that explanation.”…”