I was really saddened by the news I saw this morning that Senator John McCain has been diagnosed with brain cancer. Apparently one of the worst forms too.  :( I truly am so saddened by this, McCain is a good decent man who has served this country with great honor. He's one of the few decent ones left in the Republican party. I wish him the best and pray that he could recover or at very least not suffer too much. :\'(

http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/20/politics/john-mccain-cancer-battle/index.html

I don't wish him any harm, I wish him the best, but in case you're unaware, he was known for a dangerously hawkish foreign policy (more of what we DON'T need from our "leaders").
In some regards, he seemed a tad more sensible than far-right wing of the GOP but that's the same GOP that helped indirectly produce the Alt-Right.

I don't wish him any harm, I wish him the best, but in case you're unaware, he was known for a dangerously hawkish foreign policy (more of what we DON'T need from our "leaders").
In some regards, he seemed a tad more sensible than far-right wing of the GOP but that's the same GOP that helped indirectly produce the Alt-Right.


Yeah I don't really agree with his foreign policy or some other issues, but still I do actually respect the man unlike say Trump.

I respect McCain as a person, so I hope that he can beat this terrible diagnosis. I wish him the best. However, I could just feel that there was something just not right with John ever since last year and I felt that he shouldn't have ran for re-election.

I respect McCain as a person, so I hope that he can beat this terrible diagnosis. I wish him the best. However, I could just feel that there was something just not right with John ever since last year and I felt that he shouldn't have ran for re-election.


Yeah I knew at least after seeing him at that Comey hearing a bit over a month ago when McCain sounded incoherent at times in his questioning that something most likely was wrong with him.

John McCain was the very first presidential candidate I rooted for back in 2008, when I was only 6 then, and with that, I do wish him the best of luck on fighting his cancer.

I was really saddened by the news I saw this morning that Senator John McCain has been diagnosed with brain cancer. Apparently one of the worst forms too.  :( I truly am so saddened by this, McCain is a good decent man who has served this country with great honor. He's one of the few decent ones left in the Republican party. I wish him the best and pray that he could recover or at very least not suffer too much. :\'(

http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/20/politics/john-mccain-cancer-battle/index.html


While I certainly wish him well re: health, he's been a terrible senator over the past six or seven years. He has come down on the wrong side of almost every foreign policy situation, including Libya, Syria, and
Ukraine.

My sister had brain cancer; that stuff is pure misery. Wishing him a speedy recovery and him and his family as little pain as possible.  :(

One thing I find really respectable about him is he didn't use those conspiracy theories about Obama to his advantage and nipped that fake news in the bud back in 2008. That was a different time.  :(

John McCain was the very first presidential candidate I rooted for back in 2008, when I was only 6 then, and with that, I do wish him the best of luck on fighting his cancer.

A 6 year old interested in politics?

A 6 year old interested in politics?

Nah, I wasn't really interested in politics at the time, but I did remember rooting for McCain in that election.

Nah, I wasn't really interested in politics at the time, but I did remember rooting for McCain in that election.

What would you describe yourself as politically?

What would you describe yourself as politically?

To make it short so we don't go fully off topic, a centrist (leaning both left and right).

To make it short so we don't go fully off topic, a centrist (leaning both left and right).

Just one more question, who did you support in 2012 and 2016?

Sad :(

Sad :(


You're back. :o

You're back. :o

Yes I'm Back ;)

Just one more question, who did you support in 2012 and 2016?

2012, Barack Obama, mostly due to the influence of my grandparents whom I lived with that that time.

2016, Hilary Clinton because Bernie Sanders lost the Democratic nomination.

Anyway, suppose we get back on topic.

I'm happy seeing people wishing McCain luck battling his cancer, and angry seeing people rooting for his death.

How does one even develop brain cancer...especially the most aggressive form?

Is it because he had melanoma in his cheek?

How does one even develop brain cancer...especially the most aggressive form?

Is it because he had melanoma in his cheek?


I knew a person who died from glioblastoma (grade 4 glioma) and read a lot about it. It seems they're not sure what causes it, though there's many theories ranging from viral effects on cells to exposure to certain chemicals to underlying disorders that predispose one to develop brain cancer, although genetic predisposition does not seem to be a common factor. It's also not a secondary tumor that results from metastasis of cancer in another organ. For example, when lung cancer cells travel to the brain and tumor develop in the brain, it's not glioma, as the cells are differently mutated. The causes of glioblastoma are pretty much a mystery at this point, and it's a horrific disease. It's almost certainly fatal and the treatments used to prolong life by a number of months, like removal of the tumor or chemotherapy, can cause paralysis in the face, permanent loss of hearing in an ear, frequent nausea etc. There's also the pain of what feel like migraines.

The person I knew gave up on treatment in her late 20s, after only months of treatment, because it was virtually hopeless and the pain and misery were too much.

Definitely not a good way to go

A 6 year old interested in politics?


Back in 1988, I recall hearing on the car radio while my dad was driving about the chances of Bush becoming president. I remember thinking about a bush being the president (which I knew to be a powerful guy). It was a weird thought.  :)

2012, Barack Obama, mostly due to the influence of my grandparents whom I lived with that that time.

2016, Hilary Clinton because Bernie Sanders lost the Democratic nomination.

Anyway, suppose we get back on topic.

I'm happy seeing people wishing McCain luck battling his cancer, and angry seeing people rooting for his death.


Yeah, regardless what anyone thinks of his politics, it's ugly when someone roots for a hideous cancer death.

My sister had brain cancer; that stuff is pure misery. Wishing him a speedy recovery and him and his family as little pain as possible.  :(

One thing I find really respectable about him is he didn't use those conspiracy theories about Obama to his advantage and nipped that fake news in the bud back in 2008. That was a different time.  :(


If you don't mind my asking, what kind of cancer was it? I knew someone with glioblastoma and I spent months reading about it, back in 2011-12, and about various other brain cancers (since hers was initially mistaken for the more benign meningioma).

I knew a person who died from glioblastoma (grade 4 glioma) and read a lot about it. It seems they're not sure what causes it, though there's many theories ranging from viral effects on cells to exposure to certain chemicals to underlying disorders that predispose one to develop brain cancer, although genetic predisposition does not seem to be a common factor. It's also not a secondary tumor that results from metastasis of cancer in another organ. For example, when lung cancer cells travel to the brain and tumor develop in the brain, it's not glioma, as the cells are differently mutated. The causes of glioblastoma are pretty much a mystery at this point, and it's a horrific disease. It's almost certainly fatal and the treatments used to prolong life by a number of months, like removal of the tumor or chemotherapy, can cause paralysis in the face, permanent loss of hearing in an ear, frequent nausea etc. There's also the pain of what feel like migraines.

The person I knew gave up on treatment in her late 20s, after only months of treatment, because it was virtually hopeless and the pain and misery were too much.

Definitely not a good way to go

Oh wow. That's brutal but thanks for the information.

If you don't mind my asking, what kind of cancer was it? I knew someone with glioblastoma and I spent months reading about it, back in 2011-12, and about various other brain cancers (since hers was initially mistaken for the more benign meningioma).


It was lymphoma.

It was lymphoma.


So hers was a secondary brain tumor?

So hers was a secondary brain tumor?


I'll ask my mother when I get the chance. To be honest, I don't really know, I was just told they discovered a brain tumour, and a letter I got from the social worker (so I could defer my exams at university) mentioned lymphoma.

I'll ask my mother when I get the chance. To be honest, I don't really know, I was just told they discovered a brain tumour, and a letter I got from the social worker (so I could defer my exams at university) mentioned lymphoma.


I don't mean to pry. At this point, after reading a lot about them, brain tumors fascinate me.

I hope he gets well soon. Having any type of cancer is not the business. One thing I appreciate about him though is that he doesn't go overboard with the fake news BS.