WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Senate Republican leaders say they have spoken individually with Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who has been hospitalized for three weeks for an undisclosed medical issue. Spokespeople for Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso, the number-two Republican senator, each confirmed the men had separate phone conversations with McConnell this week.