John Sidney McCain has mole removed from face

By GottaLaff

David Shuster just reported on MSNBC that J Sid had a mole removed from his face. Here's the whole story:

Republican presidential candidate John McCain, who has suffered from skin cancer in the past, had a spot removed from his face on Monday during a routine checkup by a doctor in Phoenix, an aide said.

"At this point it was just a precautionary removal," the aide told reporters on McCain's campaign plane.

The aide described the spot, on one of McCain's temples, as being like a mole. It was visible on the side of his face and covered with a bandage, the aide said.

McCain has had four malignant melanomas -- a potentially lethal type of skin cancer -- surgically removed since 1993.

McMole is on TV right now live warning everyone to wear sunscreen. He says everything's fine, but he paused before he answered as he waved it off and made his exit.

I've had procedures like this (my fair skin has been examined more than Cindy McMealTicket's tax returns). It's most likely nothing, but with J Sid's history, if this is a recurrence, and if they're keeping it under wraps, it's nothing to dismiss with a wave of the hand.