Arizona Senator John McCain has brain cancer. The 80-year-old was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor following surgery to remove a blood clot above his left eye. The veteran senator and his family are weighing treatment options, including chemotherapy and radiation.
McCain is a staunch conservative who has served as Arizona’s senator since 1987. He is a retired Navy pilot who was shot down and captured during the Vietnam War. He was held as a prisoner of war for over five years before being freed in 1973.
On Twitter, former President Obama called McCain an American hero and one of the bravest fighters he’s ever know. Obama, who faced McCain in the 2008 presidential race, added “cancer doesn’t know what it’s up against. Give it hell, John.” McCain’s fellow Arizona Senator Jeff Flake wrote on Twitter “tough diagnosis, but even tougher man.” In a statement, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said McCain has never shied away from a fight and will face the disease with the same “extraordinary courage that has characterized his life.”
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