“Sen. John McCain acknowledged the severity of his cancer prognosis Sunday on CNN's ‘State of the Union,’ saying in his first national interview since receiving the diagnosis that it is the latest test in a lifetime of tough fights.
"’I'm facing a challenge, but I've faced other challenges,’ McCain said. ‘And I'm very confident about getting through this one as well.’
“The Arizona Republican, who was diagnosed with brain cancer in July, said he will receive a magnetic resonance imaging test on Monday and expressed optimism about his condition.
" ‘I'm fine,’ McCain told anchor Jake Tapper. ‘The prognosis is pretty good. Look, this is a very vicious form of cancer that I'm facing, but all the results so far are excellent.’
“McCain returned to Washington as the Senate came back from its August recess last week, and he said he planned to focus in the coming week on a key defense bill.
McCain also said he wants to see a path to citizenship for recipients of the recently rescinded Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals program.
Of President Trump’s decision to rescind DACA (Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals program) he said it’s not “conscionable to tell young people who came here as children that they have to go back to a country that they don’t know. There is 900 of these Dreamers that are serving in uniform in the United States military. Are we going to go to a young man or woman serving in Afghanistan or Iraq today, and say, ‘Hey by the way, you’re a Dreamer, get back to fill-in-the-blank?’ ”
By Eli Watkins
