While I've never supported for him or voted for him in a primary, I do wish him well.

I'll still vote against him if he were to run again.

Can we change the title to "John McCain has brain cancer." or something more in line with the topic. People get sick, it's sad. This guy is beyond his retire date like a jug of milk gone solid.

Not to kick a man when he's down.. (though as my father says "If you can't kick a man when he's down, when are you supposed to kick him?" )

While I respect what he went through in Vietnam, I never understood people referring to him as a hero? What did he do? Or rather, what did he do that he had any say in? It's not like he could have told the NV "I changed my mind, I'd like to go home now."

As I posted earlier, I wouldn't wish this on anyone and I'll stick by that.

I've wanted McCain to go away for a long time because he sold himself as a conservative and was the exact opposite. I don't blame him, I blame Arizona voters. Arizonans like to claim how conservative they are but they have voted this Rino in over and over. Aim your disdain at them.

Jim

No sorry. I'll aim my disdain at him.

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Originally posted by cas:
Not to kick a man when he's down.. (though as my father says "If you can't kick a man when he's down, when are you supposed to kick him?" )

While I respect what he went through in Vietnam, I never understood people referring to him as a hero? What did he do? Or rather, what did he do that he had any say in? It's not like he could have told the NV "I changed my mind, I'd like to go home now."

I read that in spite of terrible treatment and great suffering, when given the opportunity to go home from captivity out of turn because of his father's position he declined.

Given what he suffered and for how long, that's heroic enough for me. What he has become and the damage he has done since tempers my admiration for his heroism though. To me, it is a 'forgive them for they know not what they do' kind of thing. I don't think he was right for principled constitutional politics. I think he saw an opportunity to benefit from his reputation and never looked back.

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
No sorry. I'll aim my disdain at him.

I'm speaking from a state that has voted for leftists as Senators forever, so I can't really throw stones, but the blame always falls on the voter. Always!

Jim

He needs to retire like, tomorrow.

I do believe the Governor would appoint a successor until the next regular scheduled election. 2018 I guess.

My baby sister and 2 aunts died of brain cancer. It and the treatments for it are devastating. I disagree with many of Sen. McCain's policies but I cannot say it pleases me to see him so afflicted.

I would like to see him retire.

flashguy

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Originally posted by Jimbo54:
As I posted earlier, I wouldn't wish this on anyone and I'll stick by that.

I've wanted McCain to go away for a long time because he sold himself as a conservative and was the exact opposite. I don't blame him, I blame Arizona voters. Arizonans like to claim how conservative they are but they have voted this Rino in over and over. Aim your disdain at them.

Jim

Lol, coming from someone from Washington State.

I'd be happy to compare the conservative politicians we've voted for and elected to your states list...

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Originally posted by cas:
Not to kick a man when he's down.. (though as my father says "If you can't kick a man when he's down, when are you supposed to kick him?" )

While I respect what he went through in Vietnam, I never understood people referring to him as a hero? What did he do? Or rather, what did he do that he had any say in? It's not like he could have told the NV "I changed my mind, I'd like to go home now."

Actually, he could have. Lt McCain refused an offer to be repatriated. We have to admire a man who served this country, first as an officer and second, as an elected official who was sent to Washington by Arizona for 35 years. You may not agree with him, but his state thought pretty highly of him for 3 and half decades after his service. McCain's bio

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Originally posted by Jimbo54:

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
No sorry. I'll aim my disdain at him.

I'm speaking from a state that has voted for leftists as Senators forever, so I can't really throw stones, but the blame always falls on the voter. Always!

Jim

Well........maybe. What has happened in some reliably conservative States is that these scoundrels win their re-election in the primaries. Here in Utah, Orrin Melon Farmer Hatch floods the caucus meetings with his people who vote for delegates committed to him. He wins the primary by overwhelming those caucuses. Yes it is a democratic process but only in the sense that a basketball game won by ringers is a true contest.

Hatch knows that Utahns will not vote for Leftist Dems so when he wins the primary, he wins the election. Few people even know what a caucus is or when it is held. They only vote on election day when the choice is Melon Farmer or the Leftist. Hatch and McLame are barnacles.

So it is the voters fault but it is also savvy politicians working the system.

ETA: If Hatch runs again, for the first and last time in my life, I will vote for the Leftist.

If he retires I assume the Governor has the responsibility to appoint an interim Senator?

HK Ag

He will soon be out of the senate.

If he backed President Trump, like we backed his sorry ass in 2008, then maybe, just maybe I would have a different opinion. But please retire, go away, spend whatever time you have left with your family - not gumming up the works as a republican senator in a republican majority senate, with a republican majority congress and a republican president.

Oh and your welcome for us paying for your mayo clinic care, not sure all his constituents have the right health care to be able to go there for their medial care.

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Originally posted by flashguy:
I disagree with many of Sen. McCain's policies but I cannot say it pleases me to see him so afflicted.

I'm still waiting for someone to point out exactly who here is pleased by this.

Is the concept of indifference that difficult to grasp in this matter? Why should I laud this guy just because he has an illness, when I had no respect for him before hearing this news?

He has not represented the people. His traitorous behavior at this most critical time in our history, and when he had a real chance to do something to help move this nation forward, is now and forever entirely unforgivable.

Again, Benedict Arnold is preferable to McCain. When Arnold's plot was revealed, he put on a British uniform and fought for the other side. He didn't try to say that he still was fighting alongside the Colonists.

If Dante's vision of Hell truly existed, McCain would deserve a spot in the Ninth Circle, reserved for the sin of Treachery.

Sorry to read that he has cancer.

I'm thankful for his wartime service and sacrifice, and range from ambivalent to enraged with most everything he's done in the last 20yrs. It's past time to retire. He's hurting us...

Go home, be with your family, enjoy your remaining time, and get out of politics yesterday.

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Originally posted by HK Ag:
If he retires I assume the Governor has the responsibility to appoint an interim Senator?

HK Ag

Yes, and (in Arizona) the appointee must be of the same political party as that of the previous Senator.

Never want to wish the Big C on anyone but McLame has been a POS for quite some time. Folks who served with and under him have commented repeatedly for years that he treated others like shit. And his jackass politics disgust me. For this I've have zero respect for him despite his having been a POW.

Go home....