India, July 14 -- Jon Stewart finds it hard to accept that Senator Mitch McConnell's health is as good as he asserts. On Sunday, the office of the Kentucky congressman responded to weeks of speculation regarding his health by publishing a photograph of him in his hospital bed, holding a newspaper that displays the current date.

McConnell's statement, released shortly after the unexpected passing of U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham due to an aortic dissection, aimed to clarify the surrounding speculation regarding McConnell's health and to offer further insights into his medical status.

In conjunction with the Senator's "proof-of-life" photograph, McConnell's office issued a statement saying that he was hospitalized following a fall, and that...