By
Margaret Hartmann,
senior editor for Intelligencer who has worked at New York since 2012
Sorry, Mitch McConnell can’t come to the phone right now. Why? Because his cell died and he doesn’t have a charger? Because he’s focused on finishing today’s Washington Post “Sports” section? Beause he’s … well, you know?
It’s unclear! And the Kentucky senator’s colleagues don’t have a clue either. It’s now been 37 days since McConnell was hospitalized and two weeks since someone at least claimed to have spoken to the former majority leader.
