Posted on 07/20/2017 8:57:05 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
McCain tells his closest friend in the Senate that he won't give up as politics prays for war hero after devastating diagnosis
John McCain announced he'd been diagnosed with cancer on Wednesday night
The 80-year-old Arizona Senator is recovering in Arizona with his family
He had gone in to hospital to have a blood clot removed from his eye last week
The procedure set back the Senate vote on the Republicans' now scrapped healthcare bill
Doctors realized his condition was more serious after the procedure last week
President Trump shared his well wishes for the 80-year-old after news of his severe diagnosis emerged
Some questioned whether the brain tumor was behind his confused questioning of ousted FBI director James Comey in June
Senator John McCain is vowing to return to Washington once he's been treated for brain cancer.
'Yeah, I'm going to have to stay here a little bit longer, take some treatments. I'll be back,' the 80-year-old Republican senator told South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, his close friend. 'I've been through worse.'
Graham shared the conversation with reporters on Wednesday evening, adding, 'So pray. God knows how this ends, not me. But I do know this: This disease has never had a more worthy opponent.'
McCain underwent surgery last week for what was thought to be a blood clot above his eye.
The Senate eagerly awaited his return and postponed a vote on the GOP healthcare bill while McCain rested up.
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McCain has already done more damage to the USA than the Viet Cong and the NVA combined.
You’d think he could do one decent thing for the country on his way out the door and retire gracefully,
“Not wishing ill on McCain, but unfortunately for the countrys sake & to the detriment of Republicans/Trump, I do think hell be back for a while after maybe two months off, based on what is currently known.”
And watch.. when he does come back, it’ll be just long enough to take a stand in favor of Obamacare, because after all, having been at death’s door he can speak first-hand about having coverage for pre-existing conditions. He’ll be the happy convert.
You do what you need to do. This man has been a menace to our Constitution for decades. The day he asks for forgiveness for his betrayal of his oath of office I will view him a changed man. He has sucked enough oxygen out of this country all for self serving purposes. God will judge which side of the gulf his soul returns, not my business.
How many Americans were left and forgotten after the Vietnam escapade?
That explains his dementia.
This man should be in jail awaiting trial on treason charges for his role in the fake dossier he delivered to Comey... which was done to give Obama cover for his illegal spying on Trump’s campaign and transition, and to try and damage his presidency.
McCain’s Senate cronies will allow him to stay until the day his brain malfunctions and he votes the opposite of what he was supposed to do.
“What? I don’t remember voting...”
McCain: “I’ll be back”
Then reality sets in.
Ted Kennedy lasted a year after being diagnosed with aggressive brain cancer. Within 6 months, McCain will no longer be attending the Senate. He is short for the world. Time to make peace with The Lord, and may God have mercy on his soul.
He needs to be replaced now.
He’ll be out with treatment for a long time.
He’s being a dis-service to AZ and the country.
I hope he rethinks his situation.
I despise McCain as much or more than the next guy, but it’s natural for one to be in denial this shortly after such a diagnosis. Hopefully, reality will set in shortly and he will do the right thing and resign.
"Welcome my friends to the show that never ends"
Someone with Glioblastoma has, at the most, about a year and a half to live. It sends out microscopic offshoots throughout the brain that rapidly grow into tumors. It is the most aggressive of primary tumors of the brain for which no cure is available. Each extraction through radiation, causes damage to surrounding brain cells. Such treatments destroys brain function with dire consequences. It is a terrible way to go.
Prayers.
Never happen.
McCain is clearly in his first stage of grief—DEEP denial. I pray he won’t take weeks and months to process his grief and will quickly come to the inevitable conclusion that he’s too sick to work—and he SHOULD retire/resign now. Sounds like he’s going to take the “martyred hero” route, because he’s a ravenous media attention hog. This situation will have all the Fake News Anti-Trump media scum fawning all over him constantly, he will be in media coverage heaven.
All this cr@p about beating the odds against stage 4 brain cancer is delusional wishful thinking. Even if McCain were to be “cured,” he has at least a year of brutal chemo and radiation treatments ahead of him which will render him unable to work. He needs to do the right thing for this country and resign/retire now. Anything less than that is pure selfishness on his part.
Like a liberal democrat, he’ll die in office.
It’s my understanding that the fire on the Forrestal was his one aircraft loss that wasn’t his fault; that one was started by a Zuni missile fault.
It’s not a contest between two matched opponents. Vietnam, as an example, was and we saw how he fared.
You're more than likely correct...He will be 81 in five more weeks, and these treatments will take a toll on him bigly. and they will be on going until he more than likely takes his last breath on Earth..
He really should step down and allow his seat go to a choice of the Gov. of AZ. and spend his days with his family and friends. But like all Professional Politicians, he loves CONTROL and he will not give that up...He surly doesn't need the money or position, but it is all about HIM...always has been..
Wise Old Owl says....WE REAP WHAT WE SOW...John will now reap what he has sown...sadly I say that...
Time to say good bye...Let the Nation move on...We need a person in his seat that is Mentally able to be there...John isn't...
He needs to be replaced now.
Hell be out with treatment for a long time.
Hes being a dis-service to AZ and the country.
I hope he rethinks his situation.
EVERYONE, PLEASE call his offices, tell him to resign/retire now!! Don’t be mean or angry in your tone, but you must deliver the message ASAP! His office #’s are 602-952-2410 and 202-224-2235.
I would bet money that you’re correct.
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