Ben Sasse, living with cancer, sees an opportunity in living on a deadline

Cancer has forced former Sen. Ben Sasse to tell himself the truth, he said. The 54-year-old, diagnosed late last year with stage-four pancreatic cancer , has already lived longer than doctors expected. He sees an opportunity in living on a deadline. "The lie I want to tell myself is that I'm the center of everything. And I'm going to be around forever. And I can work harder, and store up enough, that I can atone for my own brokenness. I can't," Sasse said. "And so, I hate cancer. …