Salt Lake Tribune · Aug 26, 2018
Sen. Jeff Flake: I am grateful for John McCain
Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., speaks about Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., at an event on Capitol Hill to debut a documentary film about McCain, in Washington, Thursday, May 17, 2018. McCain, currently away from the Senate, was diagnosed in last July with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) I couldn’t bring myself to write this piece until today. It’s not that I didn’t try. But something in my mind convinced my hands that if I put it off, somehow John McCain might be with us a little longer. I needed that. The country needed that.