Not cool.
Bunning apologizes for Ginsburg commentsPosted: 04:24 PM ET
From CNN Associate Producer Martina Stewart
(CNN) Sen. Jim Bunning apologized Monday for recent comments that suggested Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg would be dead within a year.
In remarks at a Hardin County Republican Party dinner, the Courier-Journal newspaper reported the Kentucky senator said that pancreatic cancer is "bad cancer. The kind you don't get better from," and that the longest most patients live is nine months after diagnosis, even with surgery.
Bunning who said he plans to seek re-election next year for a third term also said he supports conservative judges, and that's going to be an issue very shortly because "Ruth Bader Ginsburg
has cancer."
I apologize if my comments offended Justice Ginsberg (sic), Bunning in a short statement released Monday. That certainly was not my intent. It is great to see her back at the Supreme Court today and I hope she recovers quickly. My thoughts and prayers are with her and her family.
The Supreme Court announced earlier this month that Ginsburg, the only woman sitting on the high Court, had undergone surgery for pancreatic cancer. She returned to the Court Monday without fanfare and joined her male colleagues in hearing oral arguments.
The health of some members of the nine-member court has been a political topic in recent years. Ginsburg's recent cancer diagnosis has renewed speculation President Obama might soon have an opportunity to name perhaps several justices.
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