Specter's Hodgkin's Disease Reappears

From the story: Sen. Arlen Specter, who beat Hodgkin's disease in 2005, yesterday revealed that the cancer has returned.

Mr. Specter, Pennsylvania's senior senator, said he has been advised that he will be able to continue to perform all the duties of his office, and the five-term Republican vowed that he will proceed in his pursuit of a sixth term in 2010, performing all the activities associated with a re-election campaign. Read more…

Senator Specter will be 80 years old in 2010. Although I strongly disagree with his positions, he is a fighter, and is one of the few people who can fight cancer and still run an aggressive schedule at his age. Hopefully this early diagnosis will lead to a full recovery.

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