Research shows Karl Rove's concern about Hillary Clinton brain injury is valid

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP/Pablo...

Karl Rove's suggestion that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may be suffering lingering effects from a December 2012 brain injury has been slammed by Clinton's camp and other Democrats -- as well as many in the media -- but it's no different from concerns raised about veterans who suffered similar injuries in Afghanistan and Iraq.

In fact, medical research by the military and others over the past decade has led to a much better understanding of how even moderate brain trauma can have lingering effects, including post-traumatic stress, causing military officials to institute mandatory screenings for troops involved in such incidents.

The New York Post on Monday reported that Rove stunned a conference audience on Thursday when he suggested that -- as the paper reported -- Clinton "may have brain damage."

Thirty days in the hospital? And when she reappears, shes wearing glasses that are only for people who have traumatic brain injury? We need to know whats up with that, Rove was quoted as saying.

Actually, Clinton, 66, was hospitalized for three days for a potentially dangerous blood clot in her head after suffering a concussion from a fall, according to news reports.

Appearing on Fox News on Tuesday, Rove denied he said Clinton was suffering from brain damage, but defended his basic concern, saying "this is going to be an issue" if she runs in 2016.

The Clinton camp's reaction was dismissive. Karl Rove has deceived the country for years, but there are no words for this level of lying, an unnamed Clinton spokesperson told the Post on Monday. She is 100 percent. Period.

Her operatives were still trying to quash media questioning about Clinton's health on Tuesday.

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Research shows Karl Rove's concern about Hillary Clinton brain injury is valid