Hillary Clinton falling ill Sunday morning at a memorial service on the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks will catapult questions about her health from the ranks of conservative conspiracy theory to perhaps the central debate in the presidential race over the coming days.A Clinton spox announced she felt overheated and retired to her daughter's apartment to cool off.
What that statement leaves out is that a) it came 90 minutes after Clinton left the ceremony b) reporters — or even a reporter — were not allowed to follow her and c) the temperature in New York City at the time of Clinton's overheating was in the low 80s.I'd conclude by reminding you that when someone on your side says the opponent has a problem, that could be wishful thinking. When someone on the other side says their candidate has a problem, you can be certain it isn't them confusing what they hope for with what they know.
Whereas Clinton and her campaign could laugh off questions about her health before today, the "overheating" episode makes it almost impossible for them to do so.
Taking the Clinton team's word for it on her health — in light of the episode on Sunday morning — is no longer enough. Reasonable people can — and will — have real questions about her health.
Meanwhile, Fox News' Rick Leventhal reports what a witness saw:
She stumbled off curb, "knees buckled", lost a shoe as she was helped into van.The RealClearPolitics website has video of the incident taken by a bystander, probably on a cellphone, as well as Leventhal's report. If the video is legit, she only escaped collapse because two strong men grabbed her arms and caught her halfway to the ground.
