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John McCain, battling brain cancer, in Walter Reed from effects of treatment
WaPo ^ | 14 Dec 2017 | Paul Kane

Posted on 12/14/2017 6:41:59 AM PST by mandaladon

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has been admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for recovery from the side effects of another round of treatment for brain cancer, according to his office.

McCain, who missed a third straight day of Senate votes Wednesday, has been undergoing rounds of chemotherapy and radiation to treat glioblastoma, the terminal form of brain cancer he was diagnosed with in July. McCain has been undergoing treatments since early September at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, next to Walter Reed.

Two friends close to McCain, requesting anonymity to speak about his condition, said there were no plans for the senator to resign. In a statement issued from his office, McCain hopes to return “to work as soon as possible.”

Republican leaders expect to hold a vote early next week on the sweeping tax-cut plan that is currently in a House-Senate negotiation. The Senate version initially passed with 51 votes. If McCain missed the vote on final passage, Republicans would not be able to afford a single additional defection or absence to pass the legislation.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: liarshesdying; mccain; trump
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To: Ciexyz

Why do we need another demonrat vote? Biden admitted on The View yesterday he and McRino have the same view points.


121 posted on 12/14/2017 9:57:01 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: COBOL2Java

Oh my. FOX News is talking about this right now. Saying they’ve wheeled in others just to vote so they could with McLame.


122 posted on 12/14/2017 10:04:19 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: mandaladon

Hard to do if you are brainless!


123 posted on 12/14/2017 10:04:54 AM PST by Renegade
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To: Renegade
Hard to do if you are brainless!

See Cochran, Thad...

124 posted on 12/14/2017 10:11:16 AM PST by COBOL2Java (John McCain treats GOP voters like he treated his first wife)
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To: mandaladon

Comments at article are interesting, considering WaPo’s readership demographics.


125 posted on 12/14/2017 10:12:42 AM PST by upchuck ("Ex-obama" ... That phrase itself honors America. ~ h/t glennaro)
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To: phoneman08

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2017/07/20/what-if-senator-mccain-leaves-office-how-process-works/494621001/


126 posted on 12/14/2017 10:43:06 AM PST by hsmomx3
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To: mandaladon

Do all these congress people that go to Walter Reed get free medical care or are they paying for it. I’m betting the former.


127 posted on 12/14/2017 10:50:49 AM PST by falcon99
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To: mandaladon

As my dear old Irish grandmother taught me:if you don’t have anything nice to say...


128 posted on 12/14/2017 11:10:46 AM PST by ex91B10
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To: bert
He can rise up and go forth in a wheel chair to vote

I think some have been brought in on stretchers with no proof that they are conscious or alive for that matter.

129 posted on 12/14/2017 11:46:53 AM PST by itsahoot (As long as there is money to be divided, there will be division.)
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To: Maverick68

There are two ways to take what I said. My intent was to say that he is mentally ill (delusions, megalomania, etc) and has been for some time.

Jesus’ words were far more conciliatory than mine.


130 posted on 12/14/2017 3:06:21 PM PST by Migraine ((A smartass who is right can be downright funny. A smartass who is wrong is just a smartass.))
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To: mandaladon

There isn’t any chemotherapy as we know it for brain tumors because of something known as the blood/brain barrier. The brain has its own blood system independent of the body. Glioblastoma is treated with chemo wafers Implanted around the tumor, which really isn’t a tumor but fingers of tumor that insidiously and rapidly take over brain area. The chemo wafers give on the average three months of extended life. I would think that why he is in the hospital is that they have gone back in and resectioned the tumor again, trying to reduce its size, and have probably implanted more wafers. Every time there is an invasion into a persons brain, there is ALWAYS a remaining deficit.


131 posted on 12/14/2017 3:15:53 PM PST by Toespi
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To: mandaladon

I’m sorry about it, but you needed to retire a long time ago. You, Mitch, Lindsey are the poster child for term limits...Besides Kelly Ward any other Conservatives in Arizona?


132 posted on 12/14/2017 4:53:18 PM PST by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: Michael.SF.

Your right...
I got mixed up with
INDEPENDENCE DAY!


133 posted on 12/14/2017 5:34:28 PM PST by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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