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How would you feel if a person who had the power to destroy the world had a debilitating medical condition. Would you vote for them, unsure how they would perform in a crisis? Politicians don't want to find out, so they keep secret vital information the public needs to make informed choices.And what about a senator, who had legally been deemed incompetent by a judge because of her dementia, continued to vote on public issues for four months?And there is the president who chose to have a risky surgery at sea to keep the press from finding out.Individually, we're entitled to medical privacy, but when a medical condition impacts our safety, we deserve a vote.Listen in and hear the excuses public officials share about why they believed deception was in the public interest.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices