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62. Coburn is a Republican! and undergoing cancer treatments......end his term early??

Thu Jan 9, 2014, 08:36 AM

Jan 2014

............. Coburn is currently undergoing chemotherapy, and he may soon have major surgery that could temporarily — or permanently — sideline him from the Senate. When the results of medical tests return in February, Coburn will have a clearer indication of the additional treatment he needs and whether it will interfere with his Senate work.
Coburn said he believes he’s “plenty healthy enough to serve out my term.” But when asked if anything could change that calculation, the no-nonsense Coburn said wryly: “I can have a heart attack and drop over, but my heart is pretty good.”
He added: “The decision I make will be made in conjunction with my family as to how I can best implement and impact things. And if I don’t think I can, I won’t.”

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/01/tom-coburn-cancer-101941.html#ixzz2psEPL1Ru2014/01/tom-coburn-cancer-101941.html

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