Senator JoBesides releasing the Mayo Clinic’s statement, Mr. McCain’s office released its own statement saying he “appreciates the outpouring of support he has received over the last few days. He is in good spirits as he continues to recover at home with his family in Arizona.”hn McCain, Arizona Republican, has been diagnosed with brain cancer, according to a Mayo Clinic statement released Wednesday evening by his office.
According to the Mayo Clinic, the cancer was discovered after some surgery last week to remove a blood clot above his left eye.
“Subsequent tissue pathology revealed that a primary brain tumor known as a glioblastoma was associated with the blood clot,” the Clinic said.
“The Senator and his family are reviewing further treatment options with the Mayo Clinic care team. Treatment options may include a combination of chemotherapy and radiation,” the world-renowned hospital said.
The 80-year-old senator’s blood clot had been the latest health issue for the former Vietnam war POW, though the Clinic said the senator’s overall health is fine and he is “recovering from his surgery amazingly well.”
His absence from the Senate forced a delay in the vote on a health-care bill on which Republicans could not afford to have any member be absent. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell later pulled the bill anyway when several other Republicans began announcing they’d vote against it.
#1: A K A Stone To: 3-Dee (#0)
A K A Stone posted on 2017-07-19 21:22:12 Reply Private Reply
#2: Hondo68 To: A K A Stone, Senator Gatlin, tater (#1)
The Governor of Arizona should choose Gatlin as interim replacement Senator, until a special election can be held.
He's probably the only one in AZ crazy enough to fill McCain's shoes.
Hondo68 posted on 2017-07-19 21:40:54 Reply Private Reply
#3: Hank Rearden To: 3-Dee (#0)
Now, about those liberal Senate broads in the Northeast and that bridge troll on the Supreme Court .........
Hank Rearden posted on 2017-07-19 21:48:26 Reply Private Reply
#4: Hank Rearden To: A K A Stone (#1)
Would you say the same about Fidel Castro or Kim Jong Un?
I don't wish him well; he's a decrepit old asshole who's been harming both me and my nation for many years and I've been powerless to stop his assaults, so cancer will have to do. Politicians take great delight in getting away with any damn thing they wish, excluding themselves from the hardships they impose on others - so fvck him; I take delight in the old bastard's glioblastoma. It's Justice from above as far as I'm concerned.
Screw him; we'd have been better off if Vietnam had kept him, because his idiot constituents kept sending him back to attack our liberties, assets and free enterprise.
It's a good day.
Hank Rearden posted on 2017-07-19 21:51:12 Reply Private Reply
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A K A Stone posted on 2017-07-19 22:04:28 Reply Private Reply
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Vicomte13 posted on 2017-07-19 22:33:53 Reply Private Reply
#7: rlk To: 3-Dee (#0)
That's the best news I've heard in years.
rlk posted on 2017-07-20 00:12:25 Reply Private Reply
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paraclete posted on 2017-07-20 00:52:55 Reply Private Reply
#9: A Pole To: Hank Rearden (#4)
Was Castro really so bad?
A Pole posted on 2017-07-20 01:24:15 Reply Private Reply
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A Pole posted on 2017-07-20 03:59:50 Reply Private Reply
#11: Hank Rearden To: A Pole (#9)
Real Polish people, in Poland, set a good example.
You really ought to be more like them.
Hank Rearden posted on 2017-07-20 09:56:01 Reply Private Reply
#12: A Pole To: Hank Rearden (#11)
You mean to be like McCain/Batista or like Walesa? :)
A Pole posted on 2017-07-20 10:50:45 Reply Private Reply