He is now, as I have seen repeated online, Schrodinger’s Turtle. A man both alive and dead because nobody of integrity has yet peered inside the hospital room (or should that be morgue?) in which former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell now lies. He is now both a man and the rumor of a man. Which is it? Americans deserve to know.

Imagine if you just disappeared from your job for a month. Would you still expect to retain it? Would it be an insult for your employers to ask where the hell you are, or to ask for some proof that you’re recovering in the hospital from some ailment? Would it be enough to send your friend into work to tell your boss, “It’s ok. I talked to him for 20 minutes and he’s all good”?

Yet, in politics, this s–t seems to happen all the time. People just up and disappear. They “hike the Appalachian Trail.” They hole up in some mystery location, like Rep. Thomas Kean, or a senior living facility in Texas, like former Rep. Kay Granger, for months without explanation. And now, with McConnell, they disappear into a medical black box.

Because we live in such a bewildering hurricane of bullc–p, it’s easy to get lost in ambiguity, half-truths, and misleading statements. This is not one of those times. There are three options on the table........

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