McCain launches F-bomb Brahm Resnik
12 News
May. 20, 2007 11:00 AM
Senator John McCain's well-documented temper put him on the front page of Saturday's New York Post.
You won't find this blow-up on YouTube. During a private meeting off the Senate floor, McCain fired an f-bomb at fellow Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas, after Cornyn questioned McCain's participation in bipartisan talks over the new immigration reform bill.
The temper issue has dogged McCain for years, and gets at whether he has the temperament for the White House. The Arizona Republic brought up his "volcanic temper" during his run for president in 2000. Republic reporter Bill Muller found several anecdotes for his series on McCain in 1999. McCain himself has dealt with it in his books.
Rival campaigns must have their trackers following McCain waiting for what some senators have called a "McCain Moment" for YouTube. It hasn't happened. A YouTube search of "McCain and temper" pulls up just two results -- none worth the front page of the New York Post.