Senator John McCain has brain cancer.
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Per cnn, he had an aggressive tumor removed last week. It was the same type that Ted Kennedy had.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/19/health/gupta-mccain-glioblastoma/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/19/health/gupta-mccain-glioblastoma/index.html
That is really said news. He has been and is a great American.
staunch liberal Democrat here, also a veteran. have a lot of love and respect for McCain. Godspeed on your recovery, sir.
Must be a Glioblastoma (Grade 4 Astrocytoma). A childhood friend of mine died from it a couple of years ago and the father of a good friend of mine from Penn State is suffering form it currently. Prognosis is grim.
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Very sad...don't often agree with his politics, but certainly one of the few gentlemen left in DC, and a true American hero. Not sure that his prognosis is all that great, but thoughts and prayers to him and his family.
I'm another lefty pinko liberal but in cases such as this I don't see the point of mentioning this. We're Americans.
don't make me quote Stripes now . . . but you're right. I just felt people needed to know that many of us aren't as divisive as our politics make us seem
Terrible news. I am not a big fan, but he has been a giant on the American political scene. My prayers for him and all facing cancer.
Saw the man often when I worked on the Senate side back in the early 90s. Him and my boss were very close. Senator McCain always walked around in obvious pain from the torture he suffered over in Hanoi. Very nice to lowly staffers like me
That's what it is. Same as Joe Biden's son. Prognosis isn't good. Prayers for him and his family.
As a staunch moderate independent, I always found Sen. McCain to be a voice of reason and common sense, even if I did not completely agree with his stance. He understands that mutual respect in Congress is needed, and is lacking, at least on the surface. I'd like to see more like him, and bring us closer to the middle overall, where I think most people truly are.
guys, please do not use this thread to attack other posters over their political views, leanings, etc. In addition, please avoid discussions as to how you think/wish things were in Washington, or in the political arena.
I'm trying to be elastic in this thread with regards to my rules about no politics on the board, but there are limits.
I'm trying to be elastic in this thread with regards to my rules about no politics on the board, but there are limits.
That is certainly the measure of a man inside the Beltway; being respectful to people who aren't able to provide you with political favors.
It would appear that you're preaching to the choir. I only saw respectful posts, and nothing partisan. Did you or the mods already have to take out some garbage?
May explain strange line of questioning of Comey back in June. Not himself. Sad news.
He is someone the left and right both have nothing but admiration for.
(except the president)
(except the president)
Regardless of politics, this is a good man. He tries. I love that. I wish we had more like him.
Terrible news, and all too familiar for me. Godspeed John McCain and God bless.
Bad fate for one of the good ones. Best wishes for comfort and health, Senator. Prayers to you and your kind.
Our prayers to John McCain and his family. Thank you for your service to this country.
Regardless of your politics, one cannot deny the decency of the man. I will always remember the way he shut down a woman during a town hall meeting when she said Obama was un-American. I hope Obama is right. He tweeted that cancer does not know what it is up against. Here's hoping McCain wins the fight.
I lost my father to this two years ago. It's a horrible, horrible unimaginable disease. My father suffered a horrific seizure in my arms as the tumors cause those events due to attacking of the brain. We received the same type of prognosis but lost my father after 2 months. At the end I was praying for mercy for him.
My thoughts are absolutely with Senator McCain and anyone else out there who is suffering or has a loved one battling this. My heart hurts when I read theese stories.
My thoughts are absolutely with Senator McCain and anyone else out there who is suffering or has a loved one battling this. My heart hurts when I read theese stories.
There is a poster on this board who clerked for McCain... would like to see his thoughts on the senator
Never clerked for him, but he's been my Senator for 30 years.
The best kind of man and the worst kind of disease. He sincerely has the prayers of a non religious man.
sad news. a good man and American hero
prayers to him and his family
prayers to him and his family
Not a good thing to have. Without meaning to get partisan about it, he's fortunate to have at his disposal the very best medical plan that this country offers, which is the one that Congress has and nobody has access to. When they made the rules about Obamacare, they conveniently left themselves out of it.
I do not have a warm and fuzzy feel for ANY Senator or Congressman. They are ALL "bought and paid for" (see: health care was to be included in original SS bill). That being said, I feel for anyone that is ill. Especially since "we" do NOT spend enough money on health to put and end to all of this !!!!!!
Not outrage. I merely made the observation that he is very fortunate to have the best health care plan in the world. It is a bad disease, but perhaps his odds are somewhat better than if he were unlucky enough to have a bronze plan off the exchange that still costs a small fortune.
You'll get the expensive crappy bronze plan with the huge deductible and the limited access to most physicians, and you'll like it, goddamnit!
(But those of us in Congress thankfully don't have to put up with this crap.)
(But those of us in Congress thankfully don't have to put up with this crap.)
I seem to remember your participation in a thread a few days ago....I believe "No big deal. To have him state it in less offensive terms would have been quite shocking, given his history" was the quote....in response to the inappropriateness of commenting (with facts, mind you) on a recruit's academic standing.
Your garbage about health care has no place in this thread, either. To have you keep your mouth shut about it would have been quite shocking, given your history.
Look who's back! I had forgotten how poorly your stream of consciousness efforts came across. You seem to be one dumb SOB, if you don't me saying so in a public forum.
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