WaPo:

“Several of Mitch McConnell’s colleagues and allies said they talked with him by phone, offering the fullest picture yet of the hospitalized senator’s condition.”

Transcript:

ALLIES: Hi, Mitch!

MITCH:

ALLIES: How are you?

MITCH:

ALLIES: We hear you’re working hard from your hospital bed?

MITCH:

ALLIES: So what about Senate Bill 690?

MITCH:

ALLIES: Mitch?

MITCH:

ALLIES: OK, we can tell you’re really busy but it was great to hear from you!

MITCH:

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