Senator Tom Coburn says he’s trying to decide if he’ll serve out his entire term in the Senate.
Fighting cancer again, Coburn made the revelation in an interview with The Oklahoman’s Chris Casteel:
Sen. Tom Coburn has beaten melanoma, colon cancer and prostate cancer. He is now in the midst of fighting prostate cancer again.
Last week, Coburn, R-Muskogee, kept up his usual hectic schedule on Capitol Hill and, in an interview in his office, he was as impassioned as ever on topics such as health care and the Senate’s operations.
Coburn, 65, a physician, was first elected to the Senate in 2004, and he limited himself to two terms. He won the second term in 2010 and has three more years of service.
He said he is giving a lot of thought to leaving early because of the recurrence of prostate cancer, but then said the decision ultimately would be dictated by whether he and his staff could still make a difference.
