Impulsive. Easily distracted. Hot tempered. Gets into fights. Despite intellectual potential, does poorly at school. Sound familiar?
If this were your child or older brother, you would wonder if he had unrecognized and untreated Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, ADHD. Yet, when the individual in question is a United States senator running for the presidency, that possibility seems not to have been considered.
Last week, in a fit of fretting about the economy, Senator McCain suspended his campaign and attempted to cancel the first debate.
On Wednesday, September 17, he cancelled an appearance on David Letterman's CBS show Late Night and lied to Letterman about an immediate need to catch a plane to Washington.
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http://www.readthehook.com/stories/2008/10/02/ESSAY-McCain-ADHD-C.aspx