He ran in the Democrat primary in 1992. He was a cancer survivor, and the issue came up in the debates. I recall that he said the cancer was gone, that he swam daily, and was in excellent shape.
He did not win the election (Clinton did), but the cancer came back and Tsongas died two days before the end of Clinton's first term.
-PJ
310 posted on 05/05/2011 7:59:53 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too
(Everyone's Irish on St. Patrick's Day, Mexican on Cinco de Mayo, and American on Election Day.)