John McCain in New Book: I’m Freer Now to Speak My Mind

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John McCain in New Book: I’m Freer Now to Speak My Mind
The senator has penned a book while coping with brain cancer. Here’s what he has to say in the final chapter of his remarkable life.
Gideon Resnick

04.30.18 1:47 PM ET

In a new book, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) writes that his battle with brain cancer has given him a sense of liberation to vote and speak his mind.

“This is my last term,” McCain writes in his upcoming book The Restless Wave, which he co-authored with former adviser Mark Salter. An excerpt of the book was posted Monday on Apple News.

“If I hadn’t admitted that to myself before this summer, a stage 4 cancer diagnosis acts as ungentle persuasion,” McCain continues. “I’m freer than colleagues who will face the voters again. I can speak my mind without fearing the consequences much. And I can vote my conscience without worry. I don’t think I’m free to disregard my constituents’ wishes, far from it. I don’t feel excused from keeping pledges I made. Nor do I wish to harm my party’s prospects. But I do feel a pressing responsibility to give Americans my best judgment.”

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Please be respectful..

[240B]

If McCain considers himself 'freer now', that would imply that up until now he has been 'restrained'. If that is the case, the only 'freer' thing he could possibly do that he has not already done, would be to officially change Party and become the real Democrat Liberal that we always knew he was anyway.

[endicom]

A hubristic homily on humility may be a fitting farewell.

[edpc]

You know, I get that he's terminally ill, but if he's had time for a book, he could have had treatment at one of the many fine medical facilities around DC and shown up for votes.

[Cyber Liberty]

Probably ghost written, in a truer sense of the word than usual.  :nometalk:

[AllThatJazzZ]

If McCain considers himself 'freer now', that would imply that up until now he has been 'restrained'. If that is the case, the only 'freer' thing he could possibly do that he has not already done, would be to officially change Party and become the real Democrat Liberal that we always knew he was anyway.

I was thinking the same thing, although I might have used the term "deceptive" as opposed to "restrained." If he wants to leave a positive lasting legacy, relinquish his seat and allow Ducey to fill it.

[Cyber Liberty]

I was thinking the same thing, although I might have used the term "deceptive" as opposed to "restrained." If he wants to leave a positive lasting legacy, relinquish his seat and allow Ducey to fill it.

I wonder exactly what the date is, beyond which his replacement doesn't get slated for a Special Election in November?  I think it's in May.

[mountaineer]

So nice to see that stage 4 brain cancer has no negative effect on his "best judgment. " 

[Sanguine]

This one's going on my reading list, right after Comey's book. 

[Frank Cannon]

This one's going on my reading list, right after Comey's book.

If you like those, you will love this one.....

[Frank Cannon]

Please be respectful..

Give me a break. You know he is a highly controversial politician. Why repeatedly post flame bait about this creep and then handcuff us with an admonition?

[Sanguine]

If you like those, you will love this one.....

Oooh, that's right, how could I forget that one?   It goes right after Proust.