US Senator John McCain diagnosed with brain cancer: office

[DonCoquixote]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/us-senator-john-mccain-diagnosed-with-brain-cancer-office/ar-AAotaJ4?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp


OK, there were times I got so mad at this man I could spit blood, and times I thought he ight be the last decent GOP. All the same, nobody, not even Trump, deserves this. Good luck John.

[GeoWilliam750]

1. Wishing Senator McCain a full and speedy recovery

With a change of heart and party

[Kittycow]

2. Rats. Sorry to hear that, honestly.

[dalton99a]

3. Not a fan, but best wishes to him.

[samnsara]

4. no recovery.. this is a death sentence.. my FIL had this. 2 yrs max and not a quality 2 yrs:(

[Warren DeMontague]

7. I have known of 2 people just in the last couple years who have died of this.

I wonder if the incidence is increasing, environmental factors or whatnot. Obviously my experience is just anecdote but I'm more aware of it, specifically, now than I was before.

[Wellstone ruled]

10. So agree,my Sister in law

was given 30 days to the out side when she was diagnosed. She made 31 days. And the Neuro Doc said this type is a death sentence.

[Warren DeMontague]

5. That sucks.

Get well, Senator.

[Skittles]

6. ...

dreadful

best wishes to Senator McCain and his loved ones

[sinkingfeeling]

8. Oh my, that may explain some of his way-out statements. I wish him

all the best. My thoughts go back to Senator Edward Kennedy's ordeal.

[Barack_America]

9. This is what got Ted Kennedy.

They differed on so many issues, but both truly devouted patriots above all.

[spanone]

11. took my mother.

....the ultimate bi-partisan disease

[mitch96]

12. In this sad time I have a question

Who will take over his duties in the senate? When he leaves the senate who will replace him? An appointment by the governor? Will this leave the senate with one less vote?
just curious as I don't know how this goes..
I thought it was interesting that Sanjay Gupta MD on CNN said that the doctors "removed" all of the tumor so I think the bleed thing was smoke. He had a CT scan, probably with contrast and an MRI scan probably with contrast and that for sure would show a Glioblastoma and not a bleed...
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[Staph]

14. According to Wikipedia's entry on the U.S. Senate:

Mid-term vacancies

The Seventeenth Amendment requires that mid-term vacancies in the Senate be filled by special election. Whenever a Senator must be appointed or elected, the Secretary of the Senate mails one of three forms to the state's governor to inform them of the proper wording to certify the appointment of a new Senator. If a special election for one seat happens to coincide with a general election for the state's other seat, each seat is contested separately. A senator elected in a special election takes office as soon as possible after the election and serves until the original six-year term expires (i.e. not for a full term).

The Seventeenth Amendment also allows state legislatures to give their governors the power "to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct". The temporary appointee may run in the special election in their own right.

As of 2015, forty-five states permit their governors to make such appointments. In thirty-seven of these states, the special election to permanently fill the U.S. Senate seat is customarily held at the next biennial congressional election. The other nine states require that special elections be held outside of the normal two-year election cycle in some or all circumstances. In four states (Arizona, Hawaii, Utah, and Wyoming) the governor must appoint someone of the same political party as the previous incumbent.

[mitch96]

16. Got it...

tnx,
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[reflection]

13. It is not good for him.

I beg you, Mr. McCain, to divest yourself of all political-speak and warn the populace what they are up against with this President. You know, and you were complicit with enabling it, but you need to acknowledge it now and go out with some semblance of redemption.

[smirkymonkey]

15. I'm sorry to hear this. Really, I am.

I would not wish this upon anybody. I wish the best for Senator McCain and his family.

[Sunlei]

17. In my dreams Rs drag McCain in for their 100th? vote to kill ACA & he stands up for Americas people!

he votes NO and exposes the dirty tricks of the Republican party over the past couple decades.

He'd be a 'larger then life' hero in my book.

Get well soon Senator McCain, lets see how THE BEST-cutting edge medical treatment does against this horrible cancer!