Dem Senator Breaks With Party to Defend McConnell Silence

Annabelle Gordon / REUTERS A Democratic senator broke ranks with her colleagues on Mitch McConnell’s continued absence from Congress. Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell, 67, appeared baffled by the public clamor for answers on the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican’s health battle, which has kept him away from work for about six weeks. Though McConnell’s office has released two proof-of-life photos since he was hospitalized on June 14, skeptics have repeatedly called on him to release video proving…