Quote Originally Posted by RICHARD View Post
I lost my GF to pancreatic cancer.

If his mentioning her having the disease motivates people to take this on as a
"cause du jour", like autism and the other little donatable illnesses, good.
He mentioned Justice Ginsburg's illness only in terms of another Justice being appointed -
Bunning said he supports conservative judges "and that's going to be in place very shortly because Ruth Bader Ginsburg … has cancer."
He didn't need to mention it for motivation - it had been out there ever since her diagnosis at the end of January. The fact of her surgery was not a secret.