Rep. Lantos Has Cancer

Sad news today. Representative Tom Lantos (D-CA) revealed that he has esophageal cancer and will not seek reelection. Rep. Lantos is an amazing man:

A native of Hungary, Lantos, 79, was elected to Congress in 1980. He is the only Holocaust survivor to serve in either chamber and is the founding member of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus.

“It is only in the United States that a penniless survivor of the Holocaust and a fighter in the anti-Nazi underground could have received an education, raised a family and had the privilege of serving the last three decades of his life as a member of Congress,” he said. “I will never be able to express fully my profoundly felt gratitude to this great country.”

And ours to you Congressman.

Here's to hoping that Rep. Lantos recovers quickly.