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 This will NOT appear anywhere on Newser ||||| CLOSE Sen. John McCain was hospitalized in early April with diverticulitis, an intestinal issue. Republic reporter Craig Harris reports from Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix. Michael Chow/azcentral.com 
  
 U.S. Sen. John McCain is poised to miss President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech. (Photo: Tom Tingle/The Republic) 
  
 John McCain's son-in-law, conservative pundit Ben Domenech, tweeted Saturday night that the senator, who is battling a deadly form of brain cancer, asked him to take care of his daughter, Meghan. 
  
 McCain, a six-term Arizona Republican, was released from the hospital last week. He had been in stable condition at the Mayo Clinic, according to his family and Senate office, following surgery for an intestinal infection related to diverticulitis. 
  
 McCain, 81, has been recovering at his family's retreat near Sedona, a tweet from his wife, Cindy, suggests. 
  
 Ben Domenech's tweet was posted at 8:16 p.m. Arizona time. It is unclear what prompted the message. He subsequently deleted the tweet sometime before 10 p.m. 
  
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 "John hugged me tonight. He asked me to take care of Meghan. I said I would," Domenech wrote. "F--k you soulless crazies. F--k you all the way to hell." 
  
 Domenech's followers largely responded by wishing him and the McCain family well. Others took personal shots at Domenech and did some name-calling of their own. 
  
 "God bless to you and Meghan and the McCain family," wrote @tonywendice1954. "Remember the vast majority of the American people support all of you. Don't listen to the crazies." 
  
 God bless to you and Meghan and the McCain family. Remember the vast majority of the American people support all of you. Don’t listen to the crazies. They’re just crazy. — TonyWendice (@tonywendice1954) April 29, 2018 
  
 In the hours leading up to his tweet, Domenech posted his review of the new political thriller from CNN's Jake Tapper, as well as his views on another pundit's post about the debacle surrounding President Donald Trump's nomination of Ronny Jackson to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
  
 Domenech, who publishes the online magazine the Federalist, married Meghan McCain last November. 
  
 McCain disclosed in July that he had been diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. 
  
 Since then, he has battled other health issues. 
  
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– John McCain's son-in-law said Saturday that the ailing US senator has asked him to "take care" of his daughter. In a Twitter post that he subsequently took down, conservative pundit Ben Domenech said McCain embraced him as he made the request. Per AZCentral.com, the post read: "John hugged me tonight. He asked me to take care of Meghan. I said I would F--- you soulless crazies. F--- you all the way to hell." Domenech married fellow conservative commentator Meghan McCain in November. He publishes the online political magazine the Federalist. While some followers assailed Domenech for his tweet, many others wished him and the McCains well as the senator continues to battle an aggressive form of brain cancer. Domenech did not appear to clarify the content of his tweet after taking it down. McCain had been recovering in the hospital following surgery to stem an intestinal infection up until his release on Saturday. Per the AP, staff members for the 2008 GOP presidential candidate say the surgery was related to diverticulitis, a condition where the colon develops small bulges that can sometimes become infected. The longtime Republican senator has been undergoing physical therapy related to brain cancer treatment at his family home near Sedona, Arizona, since December. He previously said he was planning to return to Washington in January but has remained at home. McCain has had frequent visits from family, friends and Senate colleagues.