Opinion: For people with cancer, John McCain was a leader to the end
I have glioblastoma. Senator John McCain's decision on Friday to terminate disease-focused therapy and direct his care toward comfort resonated deeply with me.
by Adam Hayden
Aug 26, 2018
2 minutes
Even as he approached death, Sen. John McCain was a leader. His decision on Friday, one day before he died, to terminate disease-focused therapy and direct his care toward comfort resonates deeply with me.
Diagnosed last summer with glioblastoma, a generally fast-moving and incurable brain cancer, McCain had been undergoing treatment and living his life, even casting a deciding vote that helped quash the repeal of the Affordable Care Act.
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