Word: molinari
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...surprising that Rudy's allies tried to quash the idea that their man might back away. His aides point to a big upcoming ad buy and an upstate swing this week. His friends concur. "Pull out? That'll never happen," said Staten Island borough president Guy Molinari, who survived a bout with prostate cancer while running for re-election in 1997. When Molinari got the news, he immediately called Giuliani. "I said, 'Hey, Rudy, welcome to the club.' This is one of the easiest cancers to beat. It didn't stop me, and it won't stop...
...Rudy, this tumor's your friend. Embrace your cancer, Mr. Mayor," they know it offers him a chance to reintroduce himself as someone who has confronted his own mortality and won a deeper understanding of life. "Rudy's got a tremendous amount of compassion, but nobody knows that," says Molinari. "I'm not sure he wants people to know. But as a result of this, people might see the warm and tender side he's never shown...