Rep. Lantos announces retirement.
By on Jan 2nd, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Rep. Lantos announces retirement.
Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today announced that “he will not seek re-election this year because he has cancer of the esophagus.” Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor elected to Congress, is serving his 14th term in Congress.
UPDATE: Read Lantos’s full statement here.
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He’s a good man. Here’s praying for your recovery from this cancer, Rep. Lantos.
January 2nd, 2008 at 2:03 pmI am sorry to read that you have cancer. I will pray you have a speedy recovery. God Bless you.
January 2nd, 2008 at 2:17 pmI am sorry to hear this. Lantos is a good man. The prognosis is not a good one.
January 2nd, 2008 at 2:23 pmGodspeed, Mr. Lantos !!
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January 2nd, 2008 at 2:27 pmEsophageal cancer carries a very bad prognosis. May Lantos beat the odds.
January 2nd, 2008 at 2:40 pmSo sorry to hear this. Not only will Lantos be missed in Congress, but it’s distressing to hear of the battle he has ahead of him.
January 2nd, 2008 at 2:46 pmPeace and healing for you Mr. Lantos. Your contribution to this nation will not be forgotten.
January 2nd, 2008 at 2:54 pmAs on of his consitituents, I feel bad that he has cancer, but I certainly won’t miss him. From Wikipedia:
“By September 2002, Lantos had shown himself to be a supporter of the White House position on the war. On October 4, 2002, Mr. Lantos led a narrow majority of Democrats on the House International Relations Committee to a successful vote in support of the President’s path toward war, seeking the approval of the United Nations, but allowing the President to strike out on his own if necessary. The resolution later passed the House and the Senate with a total of 373 members of Congress supporting it. “The train is now on its way,” said Mr. Lantos after his — and the President’s — victory. In later hearings on the war, Mr. Lantos continued his enthusiastic support. At one point he was confronted by witnesses who questioned the likelihood of enthusiastic Baghdadis welcoming the invading Americans; Mr. Lantos called this a kind of racism, to suggest the Iraqis might be so ungrateful.”
January 2nd, 2008 at 3:12 pmGet better, Tom. You’re one of the good ones.
January 2nd, 2008 at 3:29 pmMr. Lantos, take care of yourself.
Ms Jackie Spears, your seat is ready.
January 2nd, 2008 at 4:56 pmYahoo must be ecstatic to see Lantos go.
January 2nd, 2008 at 7:04 pmBest wishes to a courageous man, with thanks for taking on the Bush Crooks.
January 2nd, 2008 at 9:01 pmAs jps@9 points out, Lantos hardly took on the Bush crooks with respect to the war. AFAICT he’s been a cheerleader for a neocon-lite foreign policy wrt the Middle East, siding with Israeli hawks every chance he gets.
January 4th, 2008 at 3:32 am