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    McCain was a warrior. But is that the right metaphor for his struggle with cancer?

    The news of Sen. John McCain's brain tumor has renewed a debate over use of the "warrior" metaphor to describe patients dealing with cancer.
    by Bob Tedeschi Jul 21, 2017 5 minutes
    Sen. John McCain (right) as a Navy pilot in 1965.

    The metaphor was inevitable.

    Moments after the news of Sen. John McCain’s brain tumor reached the internet, he was being pinned with the badge of the cancer warrior.

    None other than Barack Obama joined in on Twitter:

    Tweets from others, like @zhiemie506, invoked the war metaphor and the military record of the former Navy fighter pilot and prisoner of war more directly: “John McCain is as real as rain. He has a true adversary in Glio, but remember, they tried to kill him in ‘Nam and failed. He’s a warrior!”

    And while arguably no one

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