Politico: “McConnell confronted the moment in the way he knows best: by rallying his supporters to his side. Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), one of McConnell’s top deputies, recalled the leader ringing him just minutes after the August freeze to say, dryly as ever, ‘I just had another one of those.'”
“It was a subtle acknowledgment that his health might become a fresh distraction from a man who’s sensitive about the topic.
McConnell ultimately had to get more personal with his members to quell a possible political threat stemming from his freeze-ups, releasing a doctor’s letter that ruled out graver diagnoses and delivering a private presentation to his members on his health.”