I’ll say this much – McConnell may have anticipated this kind of event befalling him after Lloyd Austin’s Dec 2023-Jan 2024 cancer surgery and hospitalization (my bolding below):
Sen. Jack Reed, a Democrat from Rhode Island who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee, and the only member of Congress Austin contacted about his hospitalization, called it a “serious incident” and said there needs to be accountability from the Pentagon.
New York Rep. Elise Stefanik and Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio, and Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, all Republicans, have called for Austin to resign. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell did not answer when asked if Austin should resign.
The first 10-12 posts of a contemporary P&E thread provides a refresher on Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization, for which the former Defense Secretary drew considerable bipartisan criticism.