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Biske, there's really no call for that. 😐
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John McCain has Brain Cancer
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Biske, there's really no call for that. 😐
backflip10019
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Enjoy being a cynical asshole.
If my friend hits you with his car and all I do is complain or give him bad looks instead of calling the police or helping you then am I a good person? What if I could have jerked the wheel or hit the brake before the car hit you but chose not to despite facing no risk in either action? Am I still a good person?
Evil men win when good men do nothing.
I can dig that part.
Same dude was trying to get rid of treatment for tens of millions of Americans until it was completely certain that the bill was dead.
That's like saying that you should feel sorry for a mass murderer when he gets cancer because??? I'm not going to celebrate it but I aren't going to feel sympathetic for him.
If I do, I live in a country with an efficient public health service with effective pre-screening services for a very affordable price.
Something that McCain was active (at worst) or complicit (at best) in trying to make even more expensive and harder for tens of millions of Americans.
Bubba_Sparks
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Damn, as soon as I saw Glioblastoma I was like 
Prognosis from what I have heard about this type of brain cancer is poor... to say the least.
Prognosis from what I have heard about this type of brain cancer is poor... to say the least.it is still not even nearly as bad as voting to take away healthcare from people, so fuck mccain
TheWorthyEdge
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Jesus that's awful...
Hope for the best :/
Hope for the best :/
Snowman Prophet of Doom
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This is true, but I would say there is a difference between the purposeful malice of a Hitler and the malignant but well-intentioned ignorance that philosophically undergirds most elected Republicans of his mold, wherein taxation and redistribution are seen as both less effective ways of correcting inequality and generating growth and impingements on freedom, which is construed as philosophically valuable unto itself.
I agree with this latter position, which is why I remain a civil libertarian despite being a social democrat economically, fwiw.
If not a man's peers, who else?
GoldenEye 007
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Hopefully if he recovers, he sees the light and stops supporting inhuman political stances. Like stripping healthcare from millions.
Yeah, it's kind of amazing how tone deaf people want to be when it comes to stuff like that. I mean, yes, I get it, it's empathy, and it's a good trait, but at some point it just becomes so hollow.
spiderman123
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Damn knew something was up when I heard him at the hearing. His questioning wasn't right and is train of thought was off. Wish him the best of luck and health
Well if I do, I will have health insurance to cover it, which I wouldn't if McCain was able to remain in office.
BobTheFork
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My opinion of the man himself, his words and actions over the past 10 years does not change because a tragedy happens to him
He's the same person he was yesterday and it would be silly of me to pretend what I've said about him isn't how I felt.
I would never wish cancer on anyone and I hope he can manage.
He's the same person he was yesterday and it would be silly of me to pretend what I've said about him isn't how I felt.
I would never wish cancer on anyone and I hope he can manage.
eBay Huckster
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probably the moral high ground of not gleefully voting for laws that would rip away the ability of tens of millions of people to pay for treatment should they also contract conditions like glioblastoma.
i'm not celebrating this, but i'm not gonna be all that torn up when he passes.
i'd say both arizona seats are lean R at this point, in that flake and generic R probably have an advantage next year but anything can happen in a wave
CMojicaAce
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Fuck cancer. Hope he gets better.
Show me where humans look you in the eye.
McCain supported Trump, in vote, all along the way. Status quo will be retained, if anything.
Who are you to demand other's give clemency to their possible destroyer?
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What does this even mean?
Because we can be the better person. We have to be better.
While true, if this has already been seen by a Pathologist on a glass slide, they knew what it was as soon as they laid eyes on it, most likely. It's very recognizable microscopically. One or two IHC stains would confirm, if necessary. I've diagnosed several of these and I'm just a resident.
Very, very not good tumor to have. I wish him the best but... yikes.
Pattycakes
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You seem to be a hateful, angry person. I pray you're someday able to some inner peace, come back to thread, and realize what an embarrassing post this is. Be the bigger person.
would it make any difference? mccain has supported trump all the way
he has pretended to be offended, but still fell in line every time
how do you ever watch the news and see what the republicans are doing and are not angry as all fuck. sorry I am not ignorant
what is wrong with you
if I ever walk back from that post I will be ashamed
fuck mccain
fuck the republicans
here's hoping trump comes down with the very same
I mean, I get it. Everyone here showing support for a man who is systematically taking away people's health care is beyond irony at this point.
QuantumDerp
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Like that will ever happen. Most likely he will be forced to retire, if or when he becomes logical, and then again he won't and he can't.
I mean, we are better. We paid for his medical care.
McCain played a pivotal role in getting the Steele Dossier into the right hands and effectively got the ball rolling. He remains a steadfast vote against Trump on Russian issues. Whoever replaces him will without a doubt be a much greater ally to Trump in that regard
Spiritwalker
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Yep this is how I feel.
whyamihere
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Basically, if McCain resigns (which, he'll probably have to or else he'll be condemning the GOP to an even smaller majority), Gov. Ducey has to appoint a GOP replacement BUT then there's a special election to fill out the rest of McCain's term on November 2018.
Also McCain was about to vote to take away 22 million people's healthcare and was THE most vocal defender of DADT. I don't want anyone to die, especially not from brain cancer, but I'm not going to pretend he's a good person.
Also McCain was about to vote to take away 22 million people's healthcare and was THE most vocal defender of DADT. I don't want anyone to die, especially not from brain cancer, but I'm not going to pretend he's a good person.
andythinkpad
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That explained his recent behaviors.
Don't know anything in particular about his case, but wasn't there a past medical history of melanoma? That and blood clot found to be cancer later suggests it is a metastasis, but I could be completely wrong here.
The thing I am most puzzled with is that he went to Mayo Clinic in Phoenix rather than BNI (Barrow), which is arguably the best neurosurgical centre in the world (at least until Spetzler retires and Lawton leaves for UCSF).
The thing I am most puzzled with is that he went to Mayo Clinic in Phoenix rather than BNI (Barrow), which is arguably the best neurosurgical centre in the world (at least until Spetzler retires and Lawton leaves for UCSF).
Sweeney Tom
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Reminder: while McCain was in 'Nam his wife got in a car wreck and was stuck in a wheel chair when John came back. John immediately started cheating on her and eventually divorced her so he could marry his mistress.
Banjo-Kazooie
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Well now, you seem like a pleasant person
And then they get elected, doggedly try to fuck over other people with cancer, and often succeed. All while we go high.
Nope, don't feel bad at all. He has a chance, a voice, and with the razor thin voting margins these days, a huge potential impact and opportunity to fight for his now fellow cancer victims, and what does he really do with it?
Jack shit.
When our elected officials stop trying to take away peoples healthcare, and do something to stop it, then I will feel bad for them.
Til then, incredibly privileged people with the best healthcare money can buy, get sick, while trying to take healthcare away? Oh saaaaad.
Means a few things.
Nah.
I wish we could resurrect LBJ because while he was a royal jackass, he got shit done.
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So nothing worth articulating then?
Pattycakes
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This I can agree with. I just wish the circumstances he was being removed from office wasn't cancer of all things.
Yeah, because McCain is putting up such fierce resistance.
Nah, cancer sucks, but he's still a spineless bastard that would have voted to kill millions due to his lack of empathy towards others. My condolences to Megan and his wife.
Pupperbabysassy
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I may not agree with his policies. I'm praying for him and his family. As for people wishing death on him, I'm praying for you too. We gotta be better people.
StriKeVillain
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Well type it up, brother. There's no character count here.
Psychoward
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Brain cancer is horrible and all and I hope he doesn't die from it obviously but I don't know why the myth of him being a moderate "one of the good ones" still exists in 2017. Hope he steps down and realizes his poor decisions over the last decade+ and rallies against it.
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