Scarborough Throws a Softball, Asks Platner About ‘So-Called Scandals’: ‘Give Us a Timeline for Your Struggles with PTSD’

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SCARBOROUGH: “You talked about some of the problems that went along with service in the military for you and other men and women who have so proudly served this country. With all of the controversies, with the scandals, so-called scandals, it depends on a voter's point of view on whether the controversies are scandals, a lot of it you have said had to do with PTSD when you came back from service, and my God, I know families for generations have seen loved ones experience this, even when they didn't call it PTSD. The lawyer in me, though, wants to try to figure out what's the timeline? I was going to say without getting too personal, but I guess you kind of need to get very personal if you want to represent the people of Maine in the United States Senate, give us a timeline for your struggles with PTSD and how you believe it impacted you personally and explains many of the character failings that you yourself have talked about as you've tried working through these. What's the time frame for that PTSD and where are you now? Are you still experiencing -- again I speak in ignorance, because I didn't fight in Iraq and Afghanistan or any war, so forgive me if this last part is ignorant, do you ever get past PTSD or does it stay with you?”