Is John McCain´s Hot Temper a Presidential Quality?
By Jessica Vozel For whatever reason, presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain has not, until recently, had a pervasive reputation among the voting public for being hot-tempered despite accounts of an explosive temper spanning decades. For example, after he was elected to the Senate for the first time in 1986, McCain spent what should have been a joyous moment screaming until he was red-faced and poking the chest of a young campaign worker who hadn´t set up the lectern tall enough for him. According to Jon Hinz, then-executive director of the Arizona Republican Party, “There were an awful lot of people in the room . . . It wasn´t right.” By May 2007, even with his presidential hopes rekindled, McCain´s temper had not dissipated. While defending his amnesty bill on the Senate floor, he screamed “Fuck you!” at Texas Sen. John Cornyn, who opposed the bill. McCain even acknowledged his anger problems in his 2002 memoir, and at his old high school this month, where he said in
