Washington (CNN) Sen. John McCain has decided to stop treatment for the brain cancer he has been battling for over a year, his family said Friday in an announcement that precipitated a rare moment of bipartisan empathy in honor of the Vietnam war hero and Republican political veteran. Colleagues of McCain, 81, had been bracing for the worst for months as the Arizona senator retreated from public life to fight the disease. "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. With his usual strength of will, he has now chosen to discontinue medical treatment," the McCain family said in a statement. Cindy McCain, the senator's wife, wrote in a tweet, "I love my husband with all of my heart.

Source: CNN August 24, 2018 15:10 UTC