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Awful news about White House Press Secretary Tony Snow.

White House press secretary Tony Snow, who has become the face of the Bush presidency over the last year, has cancer again.

Snow’s deputy, Dana M. Perino, broke into tears at an off-camera briefing this morning as she announced that the cancer has spread to his liver. Doctors discovered it when they operated on Snow on Monday to remove a small growth that had developed in his lower abdomen.

The reports I’ve seen note that it’s unclear when or whether Snow will return to the briefing room. Snow is, however, apparently in good spirits — even going so far as to jokingly give Perino talking points on his own condition.

I’ve read every transcript of every briefing Snow has led, and as regular readers know, I’m not shy about taking him to task when I disagree with his remarks.

But people obviously come before politics. I’m pulling for him, I applaud his courage and tenacity, and I extend my best wishes to him and his family.

Tony, if you see this, I have a good-natured message for you: Get back to work — so I can go back to telling everyone how wrong I think you are.