Robert Novak Has Brain Tumor

Photo from source, Politico

This might explain Robert Novak's recent very odd traffic altercation. And maybe a lot more. How long has he had this thing? Seriously, I wouldn't wish such a condition on anyone, but it would explain a lot.

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Sun-Times columnist Robert Novak says he has brain tumor

Chicago Sun-Times columnist Robert Novak said today he has been diagnosed with a brain tumor but says that, “God willing,” he plans to be back at work soon.

Novak said he was diagnosed Sunday with a tumor and will soon begin treatment at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. . .

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Sen. Ted Kennedy's Brain Surgery "Successful"

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I didn't want to give Sen. Ted Kennedy short shrift with just a mention, so here's a little more on his surgery today. Here's hoping the radiation and chemotherapy are equally successful.

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Senator Kennedy undergoes 'successful' brain surgery

US Senator Edward Kennedy underwent "successful" brain cancer surgery Monday, his doctor said, as the political icon vowed a return to work and to campaigning for presidential hopeful Barack Obama.

"I am pleased to report that Senator Kennedy's surgery was successful and accomplished our goals," Duke University Medical Center doctor Allan Freidman said in a statement. . .

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Sen. Ted Kennedy Battling Brain Tumor

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I'm too young to have experienced "The Kennedy Mystique." Camelot to me still conjures imagery of Merlin and Lancelot, not Jackie and John. So my connection to the Kennedys is tenuous at best. Still, Senator Edward Kennedy has--whatever his shortcomings--done a lot of good over a lot of years. Hopefully, his health crisis can be beaten. Because even though I didn't see most of their travails happen, I really think that the Kennedy's have had enough strife to deal with. Good luck, Teddy.

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Sen. Kennedy battling brain tumor

Friends and colleagues of Sen. Edward "Ted" Kennedy instinctively reached for the same word Tuesday as they learned that the last remaining representative of Camelot had been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor.

They called him a fighter. They said he had fought for children, the poor, African-Americans and immigrants during his nearly 46 years in the Senate. He fought for access to health care, for quality education, for civil rights and for workers' rights. And now, they said, he would fight for himself. . .

Red more at: Chicago Tribune