News this morning that three-term Republican Senator Craig Thomas of Wyoming has died of leukemia.
From the AP via MyWay News:
WASHINGTON (AP) - Wyoming Sen. Craig Thomas, a three-term conservative Republican who stayed clear of the Washington limelight and political catfights, died Monday. He was 74.
The senator's family issued a statement saying he died Monday evening at National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD. He had been receiving chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia.
Just before the 2006 election, Thomas was hospitalized with pneumonia and had to cancel his last campaign stops. He nonetheless won with 70 percent of the vote, monitoring the election from his hospital bed.
Two days after the election, Thomas announced that he had just been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia.
Sen. Thomas worked hard for his constituents in Wyoming and stayed away from the cameras and cable shows and the fighting. How I wish that more Senators were like Craig Thomas. We'd probably accomplish a lot more in Washington.
My deepest condolences go out to the Thomas family in this time of loss.
Rest in peace, Senator.
William Smith
ConservativeBlogger.com
