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   From: say-goodbye-john@abc.com   
      
   Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, the self-styled "maverick"   
   of the Senate who has served three decades in Congress, will   
   discontinue medical treatment for brain cancer, his family said   
   in a statement Friday.   
      
   The Vietnam War veteran, who survived five years as a prisoner   
   of war and went on to become his party's presidential nominee in   
   2008, was diagnosed last July with a brain tumor following a   
   procedure earlier in the year to remove a blood clot from above   
   his left eye.   
      
   He has not voted since last December. In Friday's statement, his   
   family revealed how the disease has worsened:   
      
   “Last summer, Senator John McCain shared with Americans the news   
   our family already knew: he had been diagnosed with an   
   aggressive glioblastoma, and the prognosis was serious. In the   
   year since, John has surpassed expectations for his survival.   
   But the progress of disease and the inexorable advance of age   
   render their verdict."   
      
   They said, "With his usual strength of will, he has now chosen   
   to discontinue medical treatment."   
      
   Reaction poured in after the family's announcement.   
      
   "The entire McCain clan is doing exactly what the McCains have   
   done through generations — rise to the meet the challenge," said   
   South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, a close McCain   
   friend.   
      
   "John McCain is an American hero, always putting country before   
   self. From Vietnam to the halls of the U.S. Senate, the spirit   
   of service and civility that has guided Senator McCain's life   
   stands as a model for all Americans, regardless of political   
   affiliation," Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said in a statement.   
      
   Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., tweeted: "Very   
   sad to hear this morning’s update from the family of our dear   
   friend @SenJohnMcCain. We are so fortunate to call him our   
   friend and colleague. John, Cindy, and the entire McCain family   
   are in our prayers at this incredibly difficult hour."   
      
      
   Leader McConnell   
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   @SenateMajLdr   
    Very sad to hear this morning’s update from the family of our   
   dear friend @SenJohnMcCain. We are so fortunate to call him our   
   friend and colleague. John, Cindy, and the entire McCain family   
   are in our prayers at this incredibly difficult hour.   
      
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   The Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix last summer said that the   
   original blood clot was associated with a primary brain tumor,   
   known as a glioblastoma.   
      
   Republican senator from Arizona is reported to be in stable   
   condition.   
   McCain, 81, has served in the U.S. Senate for more than two   
   decades and ran for president twice. He lost the GOP nomination   
   to George W. Bush in 2000 and was the Republican nominee in 2008   
   before losing to Barack Obama in the general election.   
      
   McCain was a prisoner of war in Vietnam for more than five   
   years. Injuries from being tortured left him unable to lift his   
   arms above his head.   
      
   Last December, McCain returned to the Senate for the first time   
   since his brain cancer diagnosis. He delivered powerful remarks   
   on the Senate floor addressing the need for bipartisanship amid   
   gridlock in the chamber.   
      
   “Make no mistake, my service here is the most important job I   
   have had in my life. And I am so grateful to the people of   
   Arizona for the privilege—for the honor—of serving here and the   
   opportunities it gives me to play a small role in the history of   
   the country I love,” McCain said, acknowledging senators he’s   
   “known and admired.” “But they knew that however sharp and   
   heartfelt their disputes, however keen their ambitions, they had   
   an obligation to work collaboratively to ensure the Senate   
   discharged its constitutional responsibilities effectively.”   
      
   McCain has criticized the Senate’s deliberations in the last   
   year, calling them “more partisan, more tribal” than any time he   
   remembered.   
      
   McCain blamed “both sides” for the lack of cooperation.   
      
   Earlier this year, McCain penned a memoir titled “The Restless   
   Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and Other   
   Appreciations,” written by himself, and Mark Salter, who had   
   collaborated with McCain on all seven of his other books.   
      
   "I don't know how much longer I'll be here. Maybe I'll have   
   another five years. Maybe, with the advances in oncology,   
   they'll find new treatments for my cancer that will extend my   
   life. Maybe I'll be gone before you read this. My predicament   
   is, well, rather unpredictable," he wrote. "But I'm prepared for   
   either contingency, or at least I'm getting prepared. I have   
   some things I'd like to take care of first, some work that needs   
   finishing, and some people I need to see. And I want to talk to   
   my fellow Americans a little more if I may."   
      
   McCain, who has repeatedly been at odds with President Trump and   
      
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