McCain Has Mole Removed

By: John Bentley
Topics: John McCain

(CBS)

From CBS News' John Bentley:

John McCain had a mole removed this morning at his doctor's office in Phoenix which was discovered during his routine three month check-up. The candidate is sporting a small band-aid on his face but the campaign said doctors are not concerned and that, pending further tests, all indications are that the mole was benign.

McCain has a history of skin cancer, having had four different spots of melanoma removed in the past. It has been six years since the last episode and health records released this spring showed the candidate cancer-free and generally in good health.

*Update: While campaigning in California, McCain told reporters that his dermatologist "took a small little nick from my cheek, as she does regularly, and that will be biopsied just to make sure that everything is fine."

Wearing a small bandage on his right temple, McCain encouraged people to wear sunscreen.

"If you ever have any slight discoloration, please go to your dermatologist or your doctor and get it checked up on," he said.

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by mcsuicide247 July 29, 2008 4:01 PM EDT: your face falls off when you lie...; Reply to this comment


by terrapin78 July 29, 2008 3:44 PM EDT: The article should be entitled:

Mole has McCain removed from it Buttocks!

The mole is quoted as saying "I''ve never felt better without McCain drawing me down. You should get checked for McCains growing on your face."; Reply to this comment


by mattcat25 July 29, 2008 1:11 PM EDT: McCain had a mole removed becuase the mole died of OLD AGE!; Reply to this comment


by aaabee-2009 July 29, 2008 1:03 PM EDT: Mole has McCain removed from it. News at 10!!!; Reply to this comment


by paynterk July 29, 2008 12:43 PM EDT: Why is this newsworthy!! He comes from Arizona the state with the highest skin cancer rate in the nation. He is responsible and gets it checked on a regular basis. Move on to the substance of the issues instead of whether a candidate has a bandaid on his face.; Reply to this comment


by micma-2009 July 29, 2008 12:37 PM EDT: McCain''s doctor released 2,000 pages of his medical records today...or as he called it, "chapter one".

lol!; Reply to this comment


by briannorwood July 29, 2008 12:17 PM EDT: The interesting thing is that you did not see the "mole" before the operation.

Reason being, McCain uses so much makeup to hide the extent of the melenoma problem he has, and to make himself appear younger than he is.

I am still waiting to hear about the large lump that seems to be getting bigger and bigger over his left eyebrow.

If you look closely, you can see under the makeup that it is actually causing his forehead to wrinkle, and there is a large vein on his left temple that seems to be feeding it.; Reply to this comment


by shoebox119 July 29, 2008 10:34 AM EDT: Perhaps the face should be removed from the mole.; Reply to this comment


by realpatriot1 July 29, 2008 10:25 AM EDT: sparks224,

The Lieberman mole is on his *** with puckered lips.; Reply to this comment


by mcvet-1 July 29, 2008 10:19 AM EDT: What is this tired old man doing here? He has No issues to run on, he has no memory left, has serious mental problems and has Cancer. I doubt he will actually make it all the way to November.; Reply to this comment