http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/20/kennedy.tumor/index.html BOSTON, Massachusetts (CNN) -- U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has a malignant brain tumor, doctors treating him at Massachusetts General Hospital said Tuesday. art.ken.ap.jpg Sen. Edward Kennedy suffered a seizure Saturday in Hyannisport, Massachusetts. Kennedy, 76, was hospitalized Saturday morning after suffering a seizure at his family's compound at Hyannisport, Massachusetts. "Preliminary results from a biopsy of the brain identified the cause of the seizure as a malignant glioma in the left parietal lobe," according to a statement from the doctors treating the senator. Family members reported Saturday that Kennedy was well enough later in the morning to call to say he would not be able to join them for lunch. Kennedy had surgery in October to clear his carotid artery in hopes of preventing a stroke. Colleagues said he had recovered quickly and was working energetically recently. Watch He suffers chronic back pain from injuries suffered in a plane crash in 1964. Kennedy has represented Massachusetts in the Senate since 1962. He is one of only six senators in U.S. history to serve more than 40 years. He is known as a liberal champion of social issues such as health care, family leave and the minimum wage. The usual course of treatment for Kennedy's type of tumor includes radiation and chemotherapy," the Boston doctors said. advertisement "Decisions regarding the best course of treatment for Senator Kennedy will be determined after further testing and analysis," the doctors continued. "Senator Kennedy will remain at Massachusetts General Hospital for the next couple of days according to routine protocol. He remains in good spirits and full of energy."
Before I can acknowledge any accolades for Ted Kennedy, three words stop me cold: Mary Jo Kopechne. As a human being, I wish him Godspeed for a speedy recovery.
That's a death sentence. Know two people who have died within a couple months of being diagnosed. Pretty sad all around.
I'm praying for him, and I hope he pulls through. Unintentional humor, though from Yahoo's headline: Spoiler
Sad news indeed. I wish the best to the Senator and his loved ones. I would say the same about Bush even though he's responsible for far more innocent deaths than one.
There is a difference in making decisions (good or bad) as Commander-in-Chief and driving drunk on a bridge and cravenly hiding nine hours to figure out a good PR story to tell while a young woman lies missing and dead in a watery grave off Chappaquidick Island.
The difference is one dead person vs. unknown thousands or hundreds of thousands. Hiding and making up a variety of PR stories though is exactly the same except Bush's PR stories and hiding has lasted a lot longer than 9 hours. The fact is that Kennedy was wrong for drunk driving, and leaving the woman behind. He didn't need to do that. Bush was didn't need to invade Iraq, to protect the U.S. It wasn't a last resort, and he did it anyway.
Name one President that didn't send troops to do battle in some hot spot or another. Bush's judgment may have been bad in not pulling out of Iraq when he could, but that is a judgment we elect Presidents to make. We vote them out (and their party) if their judgment is faulty. What Ted Kennedy did was craven and morally reprehensible.
Sending troops into battle is far different than sending troops into battle needlessly. There was no threat to the U.S. posed by Iraq. the difference is like an auto accident. and one caused by a drunk driver. Other wars were the regular auto accident, and this one was caused by a drunk driver. The judgement of drunk driver like Kennedy that night was bad. The judgment of Bush as CnC was bad. Both were craven, and cost a life or tens of thousands of life needlessly.
We obviously do not see the actions on the same plane, so let's just agree to disagree on the moral balance scale of the two.
From what I understand, most people diagnosed with this type of cancer usually has anywhere between 1 and 5 years to live.
An article I read today coincides with this. They have to do further tests to determine what kind of tumor it is exactly.
