Trump hails McCain as 'American hero'

July 25, 2017 22:48

US President Donald Trump today hailed Senator John McCain as an "American hero" for returning to Washington to take key votes on repealing Obamacare despite being diagnosed with brain cancer.

"So great that John McCain is coming back to vote. Brave -- American hero! Thank you John," Trump tweeted.

McCain, recently diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer, will return to the Senate today to cast a critical vote on the Republican health care bill.

The 80-year-old Senator, who underwent surgery to remove a blood clot from above his left eye early this month, was diagnosed with a brain tumour known as a glioblastoma.

The President's tweet comes just over two years after the then-presidential candidate said McCain, who was imprisoned and tortured during the Vietnam War, was not a war hero because he was captured.

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