Sen. John McCain is discontinuing treatment for brain cancer

It’s been just over a year since Arizona Sen. John McCain was diagnosed with brain cancer, but the 81-year-old’s fight — according to his family — is officially coming to an end. “John has surpassed expectations for his survival,” reads a statement tweeted by his daughter Meghan McCain on Friday morning. “But the progress of disease and the inexorable advance of age render their verdict.”