MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Arizona Senator John McCain's wife, Cindy, says her husband is in wonderful shape following skin cancer surgery. The former Republican presidential candidate underwent surgery at a Phoenix hospital yesterday to remove two malignant melanomas from his left temple and his left upper arm. Doctors say the operation was a success, and they believe the cancer has not spread. CNN medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen is in the Phoenix area and has the latest on the senator's condition. Good morning, Elizabeth.</s>ELIZABETH COHEN, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Miles. Miles, a McCain aide just told us that the senator had a normal night last night. He had some discomfort, as would be expected, but nothing out of the ordinary. The senator's wife, Cindy, spent the night here at the Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix with her husband. Yesterday at a press conference, she told reporters that her husband was in a good mood following the five-and-a-half-hour surgery.</s>CINDY MCCAIN, WIFE OF SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN: I walked into the recovery room, and I -- you know, for me, I just wanted to be able to see him. And he looked up and he said, "Hey, how's it going?" I mean, he was -- his eyes weren't open, but he was very alert, and he was very cognizant of what was going on around him. And he was cracking jokes and teasing me in a personal fashion that he does and I'm not going to tell you about. But he was very gregarious in there.</s>COHEN: Now, during that surgery, not only did they remove the two malignant melanomas, but they also removed lymph nodes from the senator's face and neck. Preliminary tests done on those lymph nodes while in surgery showed that they're cancer-free. However, they'll be doing more tests in the pathology lab, and those results are due back sometime in the next few days. Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, Phoenix, Arizona.
Senator McCain's Skin Cancer Surgery is Declared a Success by Doctors