History Of The Hot Tempered John McCain

This video is no shock to any of us, but Digby says that: It seems to me that this would be a exceptionally effective chain email. And it has the a

This video is no shock to any of us, but Digby says that:

It seems to me that this would be a exceptionally effective chain email. And it has the added virtue of being true.

She also says to read this article too.

Read the whole article for a long, shocking list of incidents, most of which I'd never heard about before...

"McCain's history of hot temper raises concerns"

McCain called Cornyn's claim "chicken-s---," according to people familiar with the meeting, and charged that the Texan was looking for an excuse to scuttle the bill. Cornyn grimly told McCain he had a lot of nerve to suddenly show up and inject himself into the sensitive negotiations.

"F--- you," McCain told Cornyn, in front of about 40 witnesses.

It was another instance of the Republican presidential candidate losing his temper, another instance in which, as POW-MIA activist Carol Hrdlicka put it, "It's his way or no way."

There's a lengthy list of similar outbursts through the years: McCain pushing a woman in a wheelchair, trying to get an Arizona Republican aide fired from three different jobs, berating a young GOP activist on the night of his own 1986 Senate election and many more...read on

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