CNN’s Scott Jennings gives update on Mitch McConnell’s ‘private’ health battle

‘I could tell being at home was better than being in the hospital,’ the conservative pundit said about the senator from Kentucky

Scott Jennings says Mitch McConnell called him directly, discussed Senate races and policy, and is aiming to return in September.

Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters/CNN One of Mitch McConnell’s longtime confidants says the Senate Republican has acknowledged his prolonged absence “might seem rather strange” but insisted that he has no life-threatening issues to worry about. Days after McConnell’s staff issued a statement saying he had been released from the