At the single most excruciating moment of life, when it’s time to decide whether to live or die, there can be intense pressure from family and friends. Given his importance to the political life of the country, you have to imagine Sen. John McCain has gone through more of this pressure than most people faced with choosing whether to continue fighting terminal illness.
Sen. John McCain’s family announced on Friday that he would stop treatment for glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer he was diagnosed with last year. In their statement, McCain’s family said the Arizona Senator has “surpassed expectations for his survival. But the progress of disease and the inexorable advance of age render their verdict.”
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