McCain`s choice: Ailing senator plays spoiler again for GOP
(WorldNews Health)

WASHINGTON (AP) - John McCain faced a choice that balanced friendship, party loyalty and his convictions. He made the decision some of his closest advisers expected. Looking at the twilight of his career and a grim cancer diagnosis, the Republican senator from Arizona who prides himself on an independent streak could not be moved to go along with a last-ditch GOP push to overhaul the nation`s health care system. Those close to him say he wrestled with the choice - the legislation was championed by his best friend in the Senate - but rarely strayed from his intention to send a message to the institution where he`s spent three decades. That message was bipartisanship and what he cast as the...