hmmm...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/28/news-orgs-investigate-pos_n_138449.html

I thought this was about Teddy! Nevermind.....

"The patient admission record logs that you seek are exempt from release," wrote G.E. Lattin, Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate General, "as information in personnel and medical files, as well as similar personal information in other files, that if disclosed to a requestor, other than the actual person in which the information is pertaining to or next of kin, would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy."

I must agree.

True, the medical slant is not the way to go due to privacy issues.

But, there should be some kind of record of an accident occurring other than the medical, if it did indeed happen.

Bottom line is, if there was an accident, in particular in 1964, involving a naval officer who happens to be the son of a fleet admiral I could totally see cover-up.

I talked to a few folks today about this and they say the story has been bouncing around out there for years, but it just always disappears again after surfacing for a while.

But, they all have heard one thing in common and that is that someone died in the accident. Of course, without corroboration, that means little. I think if the story was to break at this late date in the campaign it would be spun to have more of a negative impact on the Obama campaign than McCain's, unless there was some serious evidence showing the facts of what had happened, and why it was being covered up and by whom exactly.