how's cochran's nose doing?

They convinced him he didn't understand economics. That he could not be a maverick for the people on economics. He got snowed. I see that as weakness. He does not deserve to die.

not to be able to vote

that should be his karma

I don't care whether he gets better or not...we all are going to die, so what's the diff when?

It actually disgusts me.

whose homes were lost because of his actions during the Keating 5, when he helped keep the government from closing down that ripoff machine?

save your disgust for them

That's what soldiers do in every war, on both sides.

don't agree with many of his political views, but deep inside I think he is a fairly descent human being, far from many of the yokels in his own political party,

The guy is an asshole through and through.

I needed another person in my block list.

It does not. It simply shows the ugliness of that person posting.

I won't wish him dead, but I'm glad he is too sick to make the vote.

what's so horrible about that?

and I don't know about that pulse of morality (nice image, though!)

My sentiments exactly

Perhaps you have never lost a close family member to cancer. It is not a joke. You, too, will die one day. Think long and hard about your words.

care to choose which is worse?

been there

done that

you don't get it, obviously

this person is one of the most powerful men on earth, and has used his power in myriad malign ways

sorry if I can't sympathize with his plight

save it for somebody that deserves it

like Trump!

Ever.

nowhere near death at this point. even if he was, show me, please, the grave dancing, of which you accuse me. Jesus.

he's such a fine man, though, well worth the sympathy:

Richest nation on the planet who are without the cancer care they need?

Death isn't always a bad thing. . . Seriously. And quite honestly, I would much prefer to see Senator McCain dead than I would a bunch of innocent people. And as you said, he's going to die anyway. . . With a glioblastoma, he has no chance of recovery and can only hope for a peaceful death.

It's a shame he hasn't extended the same degree of kindness and altruism towards others that they have given him.

He’s old and has cancer.

holidays will always be family, friends and sorrow for so many families. My brother died on Dec. 23rd in 1980......understand the the pain the McCain family is dealing with. My hope is they will be happy with what time Senator McCain has left.

Just think about how different and more decent McCain would have been as president, in comparison to Trump. McCain is a good man who loves this country... a man who wanted to win so bad in 08 that allowed sone real evil people in the GOP to nominate a trial balloon called Sarah Palin as VP. He accepted Palin because he wanted to take a bit of the novelty of the Dems nominating a black man for president away. I don't think he knew how stupid Palin was, or how evil the forces behind her were. Palin served as a precursor to Trump- but most of us did not know it back then, including McCain.

you could have stopped right there

McCain has always always always been a self serving creep, from his youngest days, through the navy, through his first wife (know anything about that?), through the Keating 5.....I could go on

like all republicans in power these days, he is shameless, heartless, and greedy.

a liar without compunction. you mentioned the 08 election. combine that with his perjurious testimony during the Keating 5 fiasco (along with his behind the scenes, mendacious tossing the other 4 under the bus to the media), there's little room to find him admirable on any account. if you choose to honor his service, well, there's that little thing about murdering innocent civilians in a war of aggression, a quagmire of our own making, and one in which he chose to be a good German, I mean serviceman

other than that, a great guy

Except for Trump and his minions.

after all the slander, all the lies he told about him in the primaries way back when

remember any of that?

republicans are true believers, or behave as such

NOT ONE republican dares do anything but toe the line on all the important decisions being made that are turning us into even more of a laughingstock than we already are

it's SAD!

Really any different to Trump?

would not be good for him.

The guy is sticking it to Trump non stop, even during his last days... and I hate to say it, but that's what this seems to be...

I can’t blame him for that because the fat orange Nero would actually drool over his corpse. Maybe he just wants to be with his family like most humans.

reel soon. Dunno.

But he served honorably, and you can't discount that. He also stood up for Obama, and stopped the desicration of ACA.

He's certainly not all bad. GOP has far worse, for sure. But he wasn't president material, either.

intensely corrupt bill to be what would be a truly infamous legacy.

Description of prisoner of war would open the longest-lived paragraph on him, and the last one his role as a leading signator of whatever this massive tax heist, bankrupting of our treasury, and dismantling of programs most Americans depend on and strongly support will be known as if it passes. For sure students will be studying the massive corruption and takeover of the Republican Party in this era as long as our nation exists.

here's why:

His mom's still alive at 105, btw, going on 106. She campaigned for him in 2008, but that was 9 years ago now.

And still campaigned with him when she was 96. Wow.

Yes he leaves the American people in the lurch.

would mean she'd know how sick he is. You're right in that this is likely the last Christmas they will both be alive, no matter what.

His presence in congress would not change the outcome of upcoming votes anyway.

And it is time for the McCain family to be together.

fight against what he's been part of. If he missed Christmas, oh well. As it is, I believe he's an unprincipled, hypocritical coward who's running away from the final, crowning piece of villainy that for sure would be his historic epitaph.

But the other thing is that we do not know how sick he is right now,
and how much time he has left. Could be days, not weeks.
Or he may be bed ridden and on high dose pain killers.
We just don't know.

duty is to serve the people. He can't call Manpower to send a temp to cover. If he didn't want to spend some of what could be his last winter in DC during this pivotal time, he should have resigned. We owe him nothing but courtesy (usually), and as a senator owes us everything. It comes with the position he assumed.

Off to bed now. (Never used this one before.)

I am cynical, tough, demanding and exacting.

But I believe even evil people deserve to say goodbye to their kin and be buried by them.

agree, though I'll still think he should have stayed in DC in case he lived long enough to be wheeled in for the vote. Otoh, if the vote fails, he can be hailed as helping defeat it by default.

Night again.

just talking about her Sister's Brain Tumor earlier. As much as we disliked McCain's Politics,today we understand what is going on at the Hospital,the end is most likely in the next week.

Time to gather the Family and say good byes and enjoy Family laughs and hugs.

McConnell has his fifty plus loser Pence. Sad when Party takes priority over Country and one of their Leaders. Really sounds the true character of McConnell,Cornyn and Ryan.

BTW,on a sad note,think of those who will not be able to receive the same or similiar Cancer Treatment this time next year. All for a Wealth Transfer Legislation to keep GOP Campaign Donors Happy.

“Side effects of chemo” is what kills you. It has killed three wonderful people I know.

Some of the posts here are very sad and disappointing.

at with republicans. So I take it with a grain of salt. Better to get anger out than turn it inwards. Everyone will be affected differently and negatively by repuke policy. Each has their own route to go.

We have been down this road with Sisters In Law all in the same year. The direct Radiation does wipe out the hell out of the Immune System and being eighty,when or if they piggy back Chemo. Ouch,like I say,seen this first hand. Both Girls were 75 plus and our running family laugh was and is today,if the Cancer does not get you,the damn Chemo will.

so leave a trail for others to follow you into History.

Trump may not get his BILLION $$$$$ Christmas bonus (tax break) after all.

for the Democrats?

but I will state that he has been a member of a political party that hates POC, the enviroment, working class individuals, and to me, it seems the entire earth. Their only interest is more money for themselves along with more power.

I could not be a hypocrite and say "he was a good person that cared about us all". Nope, just ain't gonna happen.

As far as his cancer goes, he was a member of a political party that wants nothing more than to deny the rest of us the same healthcare he now enjoys. I hope he does not suffer as he passes into wherever it is he goes.

of cancer. It is a horrid way to die.

I'm not trying to be snarky, but it's a fact. He's old and has incurable brain cancer. Perhaps it's a shame, but he will die and it will probably be sooner rather than later.

I prefer that he not be able to vote on this abomination of a tax bill. If that means he has to be ill in order not to vote or worse, so be it. Senator McCain is one person, and he has the potential to harm so many millions.

As they say (not that I believe it)-- "God works in mysterious ways." Meh.

He fought a hard battle and I respect him for fighting against injustice. I wish he had the strength of old to battle against this new evil.

I know there are McCain haters out there, and I wasn’t a fan, but I always felt that he was a guy who loved his country.