Did Giuliani Suffer a Stroke?

Over the last week Giuliani suffered a “severe headache” and had his flight return to St Louis and was rushed to the hospital. Giuliani has so far been very quiet on this issue, as he has on many others. But why be so secretive about his health? He could tie it into some excuse about why headaches are much more fatal in the “subsidized” European health system.

Here’s what the New York Times says:

Rudolph W. Giuliani on Saturday provided the most detailed account yet of the health scare that led to his recent hospitalization, saying that he had suffered a “terrible headache” but had not blacked out, and that his doctor would update his health condition “after Christmas.”

There seems to be absolutely no reason to be so secretive unless he is afraid the diagnosis would hurt him on the trail. His opponents would make a big deal about being “unfit for leadership” if he suffered a stroke. They’d argue that he might suffer more strokes in the White House, and then he’d have to be removed because a president with a severe stroke would undeniably be unable to manage the nation.