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It just seems like such common sense. But the politicians are going to overthink it and become too defensive. Just make it a sound bite that the lame and lazy news channels can run.

who could step up and say something about knowing the diagnoses and having some background on when x-rays and blood work were done.

You see, you get an x-ray in part to help with the dx and to answer the question "how extensive is it?", an answer that should have given Clinton and an inner circle a heads up on whether she should be going to the memorial ceremony.

At this point I haven't come across a statement about an x-ray and when and where it was done. When did she have time to do that last Friday?

But those are details and easily brushed aside with big-picture strokes. As long as they don't get overly defensive and don't bring up Trump, this could easily be turned into a positive for her.

As far as keeping reporters 'in-the-loop': Not worth the effort. They would inevitably support Trumplethinskin's claims of her health problems and ignore that bit of malpractice that is his own "medical report".

In the long run the truth will serve Clinton much better than a cover-up.

Not with her supporters, but with the remainder of the people she hopes to win-over there is a big question about how trustworthy she is.

People rather smarter in politics than me, such as David Axelrod, are saying pretty much the same thing. As he says the penchant for privacy isn't helping her overcome her serious negative.

Reframe and turn it into a sympathetic positive by putting her in the shoes of any other person.

Tell me when she went to a clinic last Friday, a place where she could have an x-ray, a physical exam and a consult with an MD?

She's much concerned about the cost of med. So, what did she pay for her meds? Pneumonia happens to people across the social spectrum but not everyone gets to deal with it the same way. There may be a pretty good hook into real people's experience in that, something that would also help make her 'one of us'.

If there is something more and she has a real illness then I think I would go public. Downplaying and covering up always comes back to haunt you.

Read the post again. She should admit that she had pneumonia, but say that she didn't feel bad enough to stay home--which is, based on her going to the event, completely true.

Her allies should be the ones saying that she was being tough and going to pay her respects despite being sick, which just about anyone should sympathize with, having gone to work or school while feeling sick. The campaign has already promised to release more information so that is fine for "coming clean'. If the press and the orange one continue to bring up her health, they should just say she was sick, yes; everyone gets sick.

They should coordinate; this is politics.