I’m hoping the best for Sen. Kennedy:
Legendary political patriarch Senator Edward Kennedy has a malignant brain tumor, doctors said Tuesday, days after he was airlifted to a Boston hospital following a seizure.
The liberal lion’s cancer diagnosis sent shockwaves through the US political scene, which the 76-year-old has bestrode for nearly a half century, and cast a pall over the day’s business over the US Congress.
“Preliminary results from a biopsy of the brain identified the cause of the seizure as a malignant glioma in the left parietal lobe,” physicians Lee Schwamm and Larry Ronan said in a statement.
Normal treatment for such a condition is radiation and chemotherapy, the doctors said, adding that Kennedy, sole surviving brother of assassinated president John F. Kennedy, was in “good spirits and full of energy.”
That’s good to hear, at least he’s staying positive.
Here’s what the politicians are saying:
“Ted Kennedy is a man of tremendous courage, remarkable strength, and powerful spirit,” President George W. Bush said in a statement.
“Our thoughts are with Senator Kennedy and his family during this difficult period. We join our fellow Americans in praying for his full recovery.”
Indeed. Well said, Mr. President.
“We hope and pray his doctors will be able to effectively treat his condition and that he will experience a full recovery,” [John] McCain said in a statement.
“I have described Ted Kennedy as the last lion in the Senate, and I have held that view because he remains the single most effective member of the Senate.”
Other politicians remarked the following:
“He is a strong guy, with a great heart,” said Dodd
Harry Reid said he was a “fighter.”
Let’s see what the doctors can do.
