'The mean-spirited nature of our politics makes it easy to dehumanize enemies, even those whose brains were bleeding not that long ago,' writes Philip_Elliott for The D.C. Brief
Biden’s role in that moment was weighted with additional meaning, given the pair ofhe suffered in 1988. While working out in the Senate gym, he suffered sharp pain in his neck and a lingering headache; his doctor prescribed a neck brace for a pinched nerve. Then, when alone in Rochester, N.Y.
, for a speech, he had another sharp pain, leaving him unconscious for five hours on his hotel room floor. He felt well enough to fly home to Delaware, but barely. Jill Biden insisted he go to the hospital, where doctors diagnosed him with an aneurysm; a priest gave the then-Senator Catholic Last Rites. He returned to the Senate after seven months.
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