Coincidental With Obamacare Debate, Mortgage Scandal, Chris Dodd Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer – With Video
Jul 31, 2009 11 Comments ›› Erik Wong
Now Obamacare will become a “personal issue” for Senator Dodd, impassioning voters to support his struggles by submitting to Socialist legislation. Which, of course, is bull, because he makes enough money to get whatever coverage he damn well pleases. It’s not that I don’t sympathize, but you know… In his case, I don’t really care.
U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd has been diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer.
Dodd is scheduled to undergo surgery during the Senate’s August recess and said he expects to be back at work after a “brief recuperation” at home.
“It’s something that’s very common among men my age,” said Dodd, who is 65 and the father of two young daughters. “In fact, one in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point during their life.”
Dodd, a Democrat, said he feels fine and intends to run for re-election in November 2010. “As you have probably noticed, I’m working some long and hard hours lately,” he said. “And that will continue.”
As the ranking Democrat on the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Dodd is one of the key players in the effort to overhaul the nation’s healthcare system. It is a role he took on because the committee’s chairman and Dodd’s close friend, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, is facing his own battle with malignant brain cancer.
Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers among men. The American Cancer Society estimates that about 192,280 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed in the United States in 2009. Survivors include Sen. John Kerry, former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and UConn men’s basketball coach Jim Calhoun.
Dodd is scheduled to hold a press conference this afternoon at 2 p.m. at his Hartford office.
