O. Ross McIntyre: The White House physician

Editor’s note: This commentary is by O. Ross McIntyre, M.D., who is the James J. Carroll Professor of Oncology Emeritus of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.
I have been watching and listening to all sorts of otherwise intelligent and experienced individuals struggle with the conundrum posed by the blow-up of Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson’s nomination to become the head of the Veterans Administration. How could a person with a successful military career and apparently good track r