Sen. John McCain is discontinuing medical treatment, his family announced Friday, just more than a year after the maverick Republican from Arizona was diagnosed with brain cancer. As of Friday, McCain’s family and close friends had gathered with him at his family ranch near Sedona, north of Phoenix. John, Cindy, and the entire McCain family are in our prayers at this incredibly difficult hour.”“John McCain personifies service to our country,” House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) said in a tweet. [Sen. John McCain has faced death before as POW in Vietnam]In 1982, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Following his diagnosis and initial treatment, McCain returned to the Senate and cast a pivotal vote against a Republican bill to undo the Affordable Care Act.

Source: Washington Post August 24, 2018 15:12 UTC