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WOW! Looks like Mr. McCain has SPUNK!

Oh it didn't happen you say? That's right McCain, Republican Thad Cochran just MADE that story up....no doubt about it!

I love it when Republicans start to eat their young. It's those family values, you know.

Obama all the way.

Who cares whart the Mc Cain did 21 years ago. He was 21 years younger and a lot feister than he is now. Maybe that's the kind of man we need in the White House. But that was then, this is now. Stop dredging up ancient history and freshening it up. Shame on you CNN for publishing such a ridiculous story. When will you be reporting on the demise of the Dinosaur?

There are MANY other reports of his temper. Who wants a hot headed leader in this day and age. Do research on John McCain and you will be scared out of your mind when thinking of him as Presidents. To Republicans, please just don't vote for your party because it is your party. Be open, read, research!! McCain is a scary warmonger! What is he doing traveling to all these countries with all the problems here in the US and last I checked, he is still being paid as a US senator!

Oh yea, I am voting for Obama, first time in my life I am forced to go Democrat in a presidential election.... Way to go Rep. Party....

Political policies aside, McCain simply doesn't have the temperment to be our president. We've had enough of cowboy diplomacy in this country, and McCain's temper tantrums will only perpetuate the same sort of ridiculousness we see with Bush on a regular basis.

This man of "family values" is the same person who called his wife the C-Word. Absolutely no integrity.

Obama '08

I'm not voting for McCain, but if this were true, which I don't believe it to be. I would reconsider, you would have to admire someone who would be so brazen to stand up for something in a middle of a room filled with rebels with guns. But I truly don't believe this story.

"For a better and more prosperous country: Vote Obama"

You're refering to the cool headed/decisive/strategic leader that can't decide if he should or shouldn't wear a flag pin without consulting a focus group???

From what I have seen of him lately I really think Obama should adopt the Panda as his mascot.

To Brian S.:
You don't have to lift your arms very high to grab a guy by the collar who's sitting down and lift him out of a chair.

McCain has a well documented temper. He was the school yard bully and has now become the world bully. This man should never have his finger on "the button".

He's known as the hottest temper in the Senate.

Yeah, let's let this guy have his "hand on the button". Especially since he beats the Iran war drum so often.

Obama 08.

McCain has had a remarkable amount of these moments. Strangely, most of the reporting on them was via Republican colleagues. If your own party says your temper is out of control, maybe we should listen. Or maybe he'll punch us, like he did to Renzi – R Arizona!

What is this guy, like a 100 and he still isn't emotionally mature enough to know how to behave in public? Yeah, just what we need, another Administration that doesn't think before it acts.

I would rather have a President (McCain) who will rough up a terrorist then a President (Obama) who will hold hands with one!

Oh and Brian S., it is nice to see "hate" lives in Lefty Loony world!!

This man should not be trusted with the most powerful armed services the world has ever known! He is too old, too of touch, and too freaking crazy! Wake up America!

EVERYONE knows that McCains arms were very much permanently injured during his POW imprisonment. He can barley lift them above his shoulders let alone grab someone by the collar. Geez. Y'all will believe anything, won't you?

hahahahahaha mccain another stupid mistake? mccain is a looser all the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

McClone is another hot-dogging buffoon, just like Bush. Guys like this figure that they can do anything they want because of either Jesus, Guns or Daddy. We've had our share of cowboys; it's time for a real leader.

"kim hussein taylor". LOL. Another Oregonian for Obama eh? BTW with so many Oregonians crazy about Obama, how come CNN has marked Oregon as light blue instead of dark blue? Do I smell a bias, or have they not counted the disillusioned conservatives like me?

Chut Pata, from Oregon. (Chut Pata is spicy in Hindi, a name given to me by my Indian friends.)

It's this kind of reacting with out thinking that gives us things like "Bring 'em on", it's so far from something a worthy Presidential candidate would do I'm still amazed his temper and reactionary personality doesn't receive the scrutiny it deserves.

Being a P.O.W. for all that time shows that McCain is a true patriot and a servant to this country. But folks, if he wasn't already, it made him CRAZY!!!! He has lived on the edge of insanity ever since, and deserves to be cared for by our country, not to lead it. This is one Hillary supporter who will be voting for Obama. Hey Obama...maybe you could one-up McCain, realize your shortcoming which is your inexperience, and choose Hillary for your running mate.

McCain's temper is legendary in the Senate.
I know folks who have worked in Washington and in Congress, and rumors abound about crap he's done.
It'll come out.

If he did, good for him. I am not going to vote for either of the cantidates, but this pushes more towards voting for McCain.

McCain is looking worse every day. What's up with him?

Looks like McBush has a quick temper. Another reason not to cast a vote for him. He quick temper may cause him to push the nuke button too soon.

He's old and grouchy.

He should have given him a FIST BUMP ! !

This would add a whole new wrinkle to cowboy diplomacy. As entertaining as it would be to watch, I still think I'll vote for Obama...

John McCain is a real man. Obama is a sissy !!!

I won't vote for either of the wrong-headed candidates the Republican and Democratic parties have thrust at us.
I too will probably vote for Barr. He's no Paul, but he's a hundred times better, especially if sincere about his Libertarian reform, than either of the major parties' candidates are.

Amen, McCain!!

Now THAT is Red, White and Blue American Patriotism at its best.

America's Best Presidents have been warriors... not girly diplomats.

I'm putting my security in President McCain.

It was a commie liberal freedom hater, so it was ok, do it again!

Memo from McCain to Obama supporters: You kids get off my lawn!

This is so much horsepucky! If this is the kind of bullfeathers that is going to be "leaked" to tell us how tough a guy he is, I say they should at least show him in a jump suit strolling across the deck ... !

This dude needs a serious chill pill. Hey why not have him as president. Let's give a guy with a short temper the key codes and authorization to launch our nuclear arsinal.

If John McCain did this, why haven't we seen this on YouTube yet. It seems everything else gets on YouTube. I question this whole incident and are the Democrats so afraid of McCain they have to keep making up incidents to scare people when there may be time to take action.

If Obama was in the same position as this eyewitness says, what would he have done...give the knuckle pledge???

He denies it? What a surprise.

He is known for his out-of-control temper. I hope Clark, Webb, Kerry, Powell, and any other certified and successful general (albeit Powell before Dubya) starts really hitting McCain hard on what is it about his POW experience that qualifies him to be president.

No wonder McCain thinks diplomacy is for losers. His only diplomacy, like Bush, is Fight Club Cowboy style.

Obama/Sebilius 2008/2012!

Did CNN actually break away from its constant Obama coverage to do a story on the Republican candidate? ... it must be something negative!

Obama 08

Here we go again bringing up the hot temper thing again. Nice try Obamabots you are transparent.

McBush has show his temper, and "cry baby" personality, when anything does not go his way. GWB won on a ticket with no war record. He soon grew out of his "cry baby" personality and did dam well what he wanted to with no regard to the rest of AMERICA. John on the other hand mistreated many of the families of the MIA, even pushing one out of her wheelchair. Is that the way a WAR Hero, that came home alive,behaves?????

That is what they keep saying. Hmm, makes you wonder about this man's judgment. If Bush's cowboy deplomancy

Man, if this keeps up, the GOP may try to slip someone else in at the convention. Doesn't matter though. Barack Obama will be our next leader and it will be only thru his vision that this country can get out of this mess.

hello, moderator...I'd love to know why you consistently pull my comments, which are not much different than the comments posted. Hope you're enjoying your power trip...don't forget to pack a lunch.

Even though this incident supposedly happened 20 years ago, McCain still has a reputation of being a hot head. Many of his colleagues in the Senate have seen him get angry and argumentitive when he doesn't get his way or someone disagrees with him. Even now when he gives his stump speeches he comes across like he's angry and arrogant and unwilling to compromise. while he bangs on the podium to make his point. He reminds me so much of Bush who surrounded himself with "Yes" people who were afraid to say no or disagree with him. That's why we are in the situations we're in now. Bad decision making....and Mini Me McCain will be more of the same.

Vote Obama '08....we need a CHANGE!

McSame has a record of being hot tempered, to say the least. Things aren't bad enough, now we have a candidate, McSame, with serious rage issues!!! God help us all if McSame is elected President.

Anyone who spent years as a tortured POW, has some serious rage issues and I can't blame McSame but let him live off his wife's multimillion dollar fortune and just visit his 8 homes and garden. We DON'T want a rage-aholic in the White House!

Just retire McSame.

McFlipFlop is an orgasm of intellectual anarchy. The incident suggests to me that McCain's getting shot down over Vietnam needs to be revisted. Was he shot down because he took unnecessary risks? Does he have a history showing poor judgement? It sure is starting to look like that.

It's really funny, actually, not! When Senator Obama gets hot under the collar, the news media hardly pays attention. But when it comes to Senator McCain, whether the accusations are proven or not, the media blows the issue up. I guess the Teflon on Senator Obama has not worn enough for the news media to start being fair and balanced. I am guessing CNN; unfortunately, don’t know what fair and balanced means any longer. By the way, I am a life-long Democrat.

Suggestion to Senator Obama: For your safety and that of your feel-good, misguided supporters, from now on, you may want to tone down your personal and unjustified attacks on Senator McCain!

Stay tuned!

I like how the Obama supporters troll every media outlet now to bash McCain and fail to present any logical reason on why Barack is any better. Both are politicians...so now I just need to be convinced on who will lie the least, who can win the war, and who can get rid of bleeding heart liberalism. Luckily both are somewhat moderate, which is why I agree with Obama on issues. As far as McCain not being able to lead...I can find many of the same complaints about Obama, so the Dems need to do a better job presenting their candidate if they want my vote. When your only argument is bashing the other candidate and trying to use Bush as your only reason...you lose points. As far as this article...if McCain did this...good on him. Unlike some politicians who bow down to everyone now because of political correctness, McCain at least displays something to be feared and respected...balls.

McCain has almost full mobility of his arms; he can reach over the top of his head, but obviously that's not true. Why question if this happened?! Everyone, including his own party people talk about his temper. I think he's on sedatives to keep him from blowing up with all the people sneaking into his speeches and demonstrating against him. He HAS aged a lot in the past year. This guy is old and shows it. I suspect something might happen radically to his health before this is over. He's not looking well.

.............................Maybe if others who were at this table (including the alleged 'victim') speak about this 'incident' then it would solve a lot. CNN – you should've interviewed and did more research to make a bigger story. soo, oh well, he denied it and that's the end of that. next story pwease.......

Yep, a hot-tempered, erratic know-it-all, with his finger on the trigger of all nukes. McHot Head is just what this nation needs! {Heay, he can still snap a trigger even while on his beddypan!]

Maybe if others who were at this table (including the alleged 'victim') speak about this 'incident' then it would solve a lot. CNN – you should've interviewed and did more research to make a bigger story. soo, oh well, he denied it and that's the end of that. next story pwease...

Maybe this is true, maybe it's not. Either way, the story will surely provide more fodder for McCain haters to spew forth their mindless (not to mention unoriginal) "McSame," "McWar," and "McBush" commentary. At the end of the day, McCain's policies/ideas are better than Obama's. But it's no fun to talk about policy. So let's just resume the smear campaign.

How many times has he contradicted his ~own people~ on matters like this? And he says Obama's campaign is mudslinging? He seems to kick mud on himself well enough.

That's all we need, a President who roughs up foreign officials. Thanks to people like Bush and McCain, that's what many people expect of American diplomacy.

The Columbia Plan costs American people $600 mil per year of hard earned money. We have already paid $6.7 billions to that country.

Mr. McCain wants to continue to fund this project instead of funding our education or even health care.

Why?

Brian, you got a good point there – your reasoning makes sense and this article is actually funny.

And YES I would vote for McCain over Obama in the heartbeat. Better have a president with a temper who can stand up and protect us and our country when necessary (that's McCain), than a spineless empty suit who, without preconditions, will negotiate the fate of our country with the tyrants such as Ahmadinejad and Chavez (that's Obama).

Together We Can! United We Will!

McCain 08! McCain All The Way!

A statement made by Sen. Cochran is more telling about Mr. McCain's temper then this incident. He has known McCain for years and even he was quoted as saying

"The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine," Cochran told the Globe. "He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me."

Yes 'McCain is a Fire cracker and does not have what it takes to be Prez' He also looks like he suffers from some kind of stress disorder he might of picked up from combat in Vietnam or maybe Dementia 'we the public would be kept in the dark about it anyhow .Richard Canada

This is hillarious!

Now lets fast forward to a possible McSame administration:

Russia and Iran have a meeting for making new refineries in iran for obvious chaeper prices!
McSame, in response, loses it and orders attacks on Iran's oil fields.
Can anybody say WWIII?
Could not happen right?

OHHHHHH-KAY!

1987, in Central America..........................................Who cares, what happened or didn't happen; 21 years ago..........................What is this guy trying to convey here? That he, has a "perfect memory" ? I doubt that seriously.................What do you think?

There are just too many reports about John McCain's temperment for all of them to be lies and this is a serious matter. I keep reminding people there are some pages missing in McCains biography, from POW to Senator, where's the in between pages that he hasn't talked about .

So McCain is calling his colleague a liar? Well, I wasn't there so I don't know but there have been too many incidents like this one to just chalk it up to a misunderstanding or one man's lie. McCain just got p.o.'d yesterday when someone asked him an innocuous question about his military service. A hothead at the helm is not what we need.

Vote Obama.

Sen. Cochran's statement pretty much backs up what others have
said about Sen. McCain. He's use of profanity fits well with his
beliefs that a people can be bombed into submission as well as
his overall trigger happy attitude.

why will a republican lie on another republican especailly a nominee. This has some sorts of creditability. McCain is in denial because he wants to win. His middle name McAnger. He gets angry easily.

THis will go a long way to sink McCain's chances. It sound just like something he....or George Bush, would do.

I can forgive hot-headedness in a guy who spent six years chained to a wall, a lot quicker than I can forgive it in my President.

He's a great American but you shouldn't get to be President because you spent six years chained to a wall. Besides, he's constitutionally ineligible. at least according to the strict-constructionist view that the right-wing claims as its guiding principal: He wasn't born in this country.

If the citizens of America vote for this clown, I will be convinced that we are the absolute dumbest people on the face of the earth.

Do the right thing. Vote Obama.

Elect Obama for President; instead of some hot-headed person who will just continue George Bush's legacy of war in iraq, Iran and anywhere else his hot temper tells him he should.

Just another insecure, Republican Squeaker, taking a dirty cheep shot at John McCain for publicity .........

BobH

I do believe that McCain is volatile and would need watching if his finger were ever on the button, but a 1987 event???? Please. If he has a temper problem, I am sure CNN can come up with something more recent.

Please, folks. If McTemper gets elected, he has access to the big red button. Not a good thing.

Vote Obama, for the safety of your children.

I could believe it...look how ornery he looks in every picture. He's a miserable person.

CNN I love that Picture of John McCain he looks like some poor old ditty that was left by his kids all alone in some Old Folks home. Poor Johnny boy, a day late and a few marbles short.

CNN should publish a story about how many other people might say that the thought of Obama being President sends cold chills down their spines! Give me a break- this is not news- this is gossip!

So, McCain will loose his cool and start another war. You have been warned!!!!!!

Obama no drama 08!!!!!!

He can't lift them above his head, but can use them fine otherwise.

Obama '08

Got to love this... Wait 21 years to speak up about something? Come on! Democrat or Republican, people should be smart enough to question this kind of statement from someone with an axe to grind.

What really scares me is watching the comments on these articles and seeing no critical thinking or logical reasoning by most to the people replying.

We have given our democracy to the press. We believe every 5 sec sound bite they give us and never question when every left wing channel contradicts every right wing channel and visa versa.

We are being led around like idiots.

ROTFL!!! I would have paid to see that...POW flash back?

This is just one more allegation that McBush doesn't have the temperament to be president.

Does John McCain remember back to 1987???

I know he has temper, but that's pretty far fetched.
And though I will be voting for Mr. Obama, I would like to see these ugly rumors cease for both candidates. It really has no place.

Obama 2008
Yes We Can!!!!

Woohoo go McCain! We need a tough no nonsense guy. Who needs an Obama who talks about change, but can't really tell us what that means – but change. What type of change Obama? The type use used in your nasty Chicago political race?

I can not believe this really happened. Do you think that Ortega would have sat there and taken it ?? I agree that Mc Cain is not Presidental material...but let's not go this far. Obama is our man ! GO OBAMA !!!

Just exactly what I would expect from CNN..... this plus the bias-laced "article" about changes in McCain's campaign staff. I am sick of this media outlet framing facts in a partisan, obviously tilted way. The CNN love affair with the left is well-known, and my fellow posters have drinken the Kool-aid. Each one of you has to take a good look in the mirror when you accuse of falsehoods, because we are all learning about the tactics of the so-called new politics of "NO-Bama". He will say anything to get elected. He has hypnotized you with his "great oratory skills" into thinking that there is any substance behind it. If you can link any of his rhetoric to actual results that he has previously demonstrated, please let me know. This is not a speech contest, this is the job interview of the leader of the free world. Please think for yourselves, don't be mindless goons of moveon.org.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I live in Mississippi, Thad Cockran is a joke! Who wouldn't have a temper with all the crap slung his way. People should do their homework and check the man's record. It will take a while since he's been working for America for so long. (Unlike some newcomers I could mention. ) I usually vote for the Democratic party and would have supported Hillary. Now, I will vote for John McCain.

"John McCain is a man who constantly explodes" – Pat Buchanan

So much anger in him.

What is this one, number 6 or number 7 denial.
I guess he doesn't feel the need to explain his actions to anybody, so he just says it never happened. He has learned his lessons well from George Bush. One more politician who lives in storybook land.

Dont'worry. If elected, Obama will personally go down to Nicaragua and apologize to him on behalf of all Americans. Then repeat that jesture to Iran, North Korea, all of Africa, etc. He will be "The Great Apologizer".

Of course, to us American's, he'll spend 4 years screwing us over.

OOPS – Ex republicans

Too many things McCain has to "deny"...maybe he just "misgrabbed"!

He was sitting in many meetings, talking with the Sandinistas? Does this mean he was negotiating with terrorists?

Oh, good grief! IF he did this, it was over 20 years ago and he may have had a good reason. Personally, I don't want an elite wimp for president. Hillary's tougher than Obama. My daughter is tougher than Obama. We don't want another Jimma Carter for goodness sake.

He couldnt beat his way out of a weenybag,then or now.

Yah, 21 years ago...good stuff! This from a guy who obviously doesn't get along with McCain, even admits to several clashes with him. Yah, I trust him as a source. This ranks right up there with Obama "The Savior" and his 20 year relationship with the church of "Slam America". Ahh wait, no it doesn't! In Barack "I DON'T TRUST". Charisma does not equal character!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My wife just got home from an Obama supporter's meeting – even more republicans showed up.

It seems NO ONE trusts John McCain.

Is it his personality? Or dementia? Those are the questions.

OMG McSame in the house!

Even if it's not true, it is a kind of funny thought. It makes me think of McCain as an action movie star like James Bond. McCain... Senator, McCain.

Senator McCain DOES have a short fuse. Don't be fooled. Remember the last time he made a bid for the white house and he got caught on camera, telling a reporter off and swearing at them? I hear he has a repore' with the media so maybe that video got lost. I think that he will be lucky to win his own state.

This just in......McCain is a thug with a temper. Another story from the "duh!" files.

Let's see how delusional republicans somehow blame this one on the Obama camp.

Look at that picture...He looks like he is about to jump someone,

McCain is a hot headed dirty old man. This is the real John McCain.
If it weren't for Joe Lieberman McCain coulcn't travel. Joe has to correct him everytime he speaks.

How does anyone think he could ever be President?

This is crazy if this happened. I don't like him, but it would have sucked to have had something happen out there...All jokes aside!!!

I do think he has major anger issues....especially with women....and that does concern me. Although I do blame it on his torture....one can only imagine what that must do to a person and the emotional scars he must have.

Or, to play with the rest of the cynics, I could say
this story is not true. Just like the time when Senator McCain said he never said he didn't know much about the economy. OR

when McCain said in a debate in California that people are in fact better off than years before and then a day or two later on the Today show say "well no. People aren't doing better." OR

when McCain said that Genreal Petraeus walks around without protection in Iraq and then when John on CNN morning tells him that the generals people say he never goes out without at least a couple of Blackhawk helicopters and other protection, McCain says "well, of course they don't go without protection..."

See, the story itself isn't that big of a deal really. Then again, I do not believe you can go to a foreign country and start jacking people up. Especially when their people have guns. But anyway, the story itself isn't the issue. The issue is whether or not McCain is telling the truth. And more and more, it seems like J-Mac is not able to tell the truth.
By the way as I close out cynically, he should've checked with Senator Lieberman first before responding.
Happy 4th to all.

This is so sad. He needs to attend anger management sessions.
Because he is old does not mean that he can not learn a few things to help him.

Hard to believe given McCain can't lift his arms above his shoulders due to war injuries. But maybe the war injury story is just another Carl Rove plot, and McCain has been faking it for 40 years. There will undoubtedly be Obama drones that believe that.

He only denies it because he cant remember it. He can't remember anything he said a few days ago, how is he going to remember something a few years ago?

Just think Senator John McCain is recieveing $60,000.00 a year for being 100 percent disable vet, and another 180,000.00 for being a US Senator and his wife pay him....

John McCain is on Medicare but he elected not to pay in to the system.... Nor did he elected for the TRICAE For Life..

While America struggles the McCains are laughing... all the way to the bank....

Go get 'em, John. McCain 08; Hillary 2012!!

McCain reputed bad temper is a topic that the media hasn't talked enough on. He almost blew up on a reporter from ABC News today when asked about why his service in Vietnam qualified him to be President.

Sens Graham (SC) and Lieberman had to step in the stop him from blowing a fuse.

And this is the guy we want with his finger on the red button. NOT!

Has been largely exposed that J McCain has a hot temper, can you imagine him speaking with international leaders about bringing peace and using diplomacy?

He does not know/care about economics and so many other issues, on top of all... has a questionable wife that does not fit in the white house, period....is the image and principles USA need?

People with PTSD WILL OFTEN DENY EVERYTHING NEGATIVE THEY ARE CONFRONTED WITH. THIS PERSON I KNEW WERE JUST THAT WAY. HE WOULD NOT FESS UP TO ANYTHING EVEN IF ONE SEEN HIM DO IT. THEY ARE VERY DEFENSIVE. WHEN MCCAIN SAY's THAT ITS JUST NOT TRUE IT COULD BE A DEFENSIVE DENIAL.

We all know that McCain has temper problem, but this one is news to me. I think a hot tempered man like McCain is not suited for president of the United States of America. It's too risky. Who knows what he could order if he become a commander in chief? The Big Red Button to launch a nuclear bomb? Scary....

So a guy with an axe to grind with McCain makes a statement of "something he did" 20 years ago which has been denied by others who were also there at the time is newsworth because?

McCain can put people in their place – up in the air. Foreign policy is easier with 1:1 match-up. To start with, Iran's president may be easier to lift and that duel may perhaps save unnecessary war.

This is what worries me most about McCain. There have been so many reports and rumors about his losing his temper.
Bush's decisions on international issues, as dictated by Cheney and Rove and Rumsfeld, have been truly disastrous, but they've been taken in cold blood. McCain plans to continue most of the Bush policies, which is bad enough, but if he is capable of losing his temper like this how can he be allowed to meet with any foreign leaders.
Or even to take that 3 am phone call for that matter. What would his temper be like if he's woken at that time in the morning?

let's go from an IMBECILE to MANIAC.

that sounds like a winning plan to me!

I have been warning the public about Senator John McCAIN's temperament in that someone who was POW as long as McCain was is strongly subject to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD. as I reported before I had first hand experience with a Vietnam veteran who had PTSD and he had a very short temper get angry and react to anything even no big deal. I tend to believe McCain did that because it sounds like a reaction I have seen from a PTSD, person. This could be a serious problem with McCain. Voters should take a very good look before voting for McCain.

Wow Obamas money has crossed over to the Republicans.

Guess no one is safe from Obamas corrupt dirty politics.

NO

OBAMA

Seeing the quick tempered man that is explosive in my opinion will not benifit us at all. It shows me the old 'Back in the day Justice' that we really dont need in our society today or in our future.
As a small child seeing this kind of behavior is as what my grandfather used to explain to me, "Remember this is complete 'Ignorance' that is hidden with no idea what will come of actions that come after."
Mccain acts that he is trying to set off examples that he is some gracious leader, who is he kidding with arrogance?

McSame says it never happened; Cochran says it did.

McSame has EVERY reason to "mishandle" the truth of the matter; Cochran has NO reason to "obfuscate." He has been a Senator from Mississippi since 1978 and is the senior Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee. He may soon opt to retire, being tired of the grind, but has no reason to attempt to bury his party's chances for maintaining the White House OR its standard bearer…..even if he IS going to retire.

We know McSame to have the reputation for being a hothead, and clearly one for rewriting the history of his voting record. Cochran has no such reputation, or one for "adjusting history.”

NOW.....which person do YOU think is telling the truth? Hmmmmmm......I'm going to need a minute!!! Give me time here,…..give me time!!!

And with a 95% voting record in support of bush, THIS is the guy you want with his finger on the button? SURELY YOU JEST!!!!!

I can't WAIT to see McSame's choice for a running mate. Hope to hell it's a practicing pharmacist....with a four-year supply of happy med's!

who is telling the truth?

Dear John,

Just wanted to wish you and your oil buddy a Happy 4 Dollar A Gallon Holiday.

See you in November.

This is the silliest story. If it were true, why is it just surfacing now??

And, CNN contacted another local who attended the dinner (not American) and who was sitting next to the person grabbed...he commented...

Oh, I forgot, this is our media. They don't ask follow up questions. Yhey don't track down real stories that might make a real difference in how someone would choose to vote. ..

I'm NO McCain fan (OBAMA 08!!) but even if this is true...it was TWENTY years ago. Give me a break!!!

Violence is all he knows.

Maybe McCain just can't remember jacking the guy up. He often forgets…. Sunni, Shiite…. Somalia, Sudan. Who knows, maybe McCain remembers jacking up someone else in his recollection.

Obama 08

Maybe McCain just can't remember jacking the guy up. He often forgets.... Sunni, Shiite.... Somalia, Sudan. Who knows, maybe McCain rember jacking up someone else in his recollection.

Obama 08

OK, who is most credible here? McCain is widely known for his bad temper, and the report of him losing control in a diplomatic setting is very unflattering now, isn't it?

And why would his fellow Republican make up a story like this? He's experienced McCain's outbursts and he thinks a hotheaded president is not a good idea.

McCain is a disaster waiting to happen. The world will be less safe if he becomes commander in chief.

Denial denial denial....what else would a liar say?

Since there was no video "it didn't happen."

And PUMA wants him as president....go figure...same mentality

Right off the bat, this should disqualify the man as a worthwhile Presidential candidate. We simply can't afford a hothead in the White House!

Whether or not this little incident actually occurred as Cochran says it did is beside the point. It just reinforces the belief that McCain is just too wound-up to be placed in a position where the figurative push of a button could mean the end of hundreds of millions of lives. He's just too much of a bad risk.

I have to say I'm pretty skeptical about this story. I'm an Obama supporter, and don't think much of McCain's political position, but I can't imagine he'd be stupid enough to do this, even if he could (which I seriously doubt). While McCain's temper is legendary, even a hot head knows when to keep cool. Grabbing a guy up in front of a bunch of heavily-armed foreign nationals isn't a good idea.

That being said, I'm not sure I want a guy with a short fuse like that with his finger hovering near the nuclear button. I just wonder what he'd have done if he'd been president on 9/11....

first the fist bump story and this terrible one about the other candidate. Stop reporting drama CNN and stick to the issues!

UNPREDICTABLE, UNKIND, UNMANAGEABLE, UNPROFESSIONAL AND UNQUALIFIED TO BE COMMANDER IN CHIEF.

What is REALLY scary, is if someone gets to be president that gets in because of his 'charisma', not how he answers questions. Up to this time he has had no 'tough' questions, thanks to the ones who favor him.
This is a cheap shot by Corchran; Obama has no answers unless he is reading the teleprompter. Think about this before you vote, if you care about our great country at all.

Prior to the Clark comment, Sen Mccaine stated -I take a backseat to no one in my affection, respect and devotion to veterans. And I will not accept from Senator Obama, who did not feel it was his responsibility to serve our country in uniform, any lectures on my regard for those who did.-

Offensive.

HAHAHAHA!

*turns the knife a little to the left*

OBAMA `08!

To Humm...

To Happy 4 Dollar Gas Prices – we must not forget:

Good 4 nothing.

Have a Happy 4th
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Your post made me smile, thanks.
From: Happy 4 Dollar Gas Prices

Have a Happy 4th, yourself.

McCain scares me!!!!!

CNN's biased reporting rears it's ugly head again, with the headline for this article: McCain Denies Grabbing Foreign Official ... it's like publically asking someone 'When did you stop beating your wife'? CNN, are you planning on having the backbone to condem the traitor who changed the words to our National Anthem in Denver? ... or, are you going to take your usual gutless politically correct stand? It's so obvious that your biased reporting is pro Obama!

This is from a Republican colleague? That's a little telling about McCain's popularity within his own party!

Well first: if he really did do this, thumbs up from me for having a set of something I probably am not allowed to say. I am sick of weasily whiny politicians who hide behind body guards. Thanks for being a man. And what is wrong with a temper? Maybe a guy with a temper is something we need. A guy who isnt going to put up with all the crap that he is going to have to.

I think Cochran's description of McCain's personality is dead on- erratic, hotheaded and prone to temper tantrums.

Gee, think there might be an agenda somewhere there?

I can't think of anything more scary than a president with a short fuse !!!
PLEASE VOTE OBAMA 2008 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I believe it he thinks he is John Wayne or somebody.

Kim at 7:09, that was cute. But, stick to your day job whatever that might be.

As for the article, I wonder why another Republican would bring this story up? And now, right in the midst of Senator McCain gaining some traction (that is, not falling further behind after the factually correct statment from General Clark)?
Either some of President Bush's old cronies want to get one last good jab in at McCain a la the 2000 primaries OR Senator Cochran could be telling the truth.

So, J-Mac, which is it? You not telling the truth (again) or is Cochran a liar? It's not unlike you to tell a falsehood. Why just a couple of days ago didn't you accept credit from President Bush when he listed you as a sponsor of the GI Bill?

Oh, ok. That was someone else speaking so you can't be held accountable for that. Well, then why did you yourself also champion the bill once Bush signed it? I mean, didn't you actually sponsor a separate bill from the GI BIll because the GI Bill was too generous? And, when it was time to vote on the bill, you took off to California for a fundraiser instead of going back to DC to vote?

With your track record, especially lately, I tend to believe that this did happen.

And Kim, I like all your posts for the most part. I just think that people blow up their own arguments when they go to the personal attacks.

LOL: Slow day CNN?

P eople
U nited
M eans
A ction!!!!!!!!!!

Hysterical - the man is an evil hot head with no memory.

I'm starting to think he may actually be worse than Bush!!

OBAMA MAMA 08!

I am not surprised to learn that McCain is a violent man. Any one that thinks it is okay to sacrifice the lives of innocent people for a cause, is very immature and unstable. Which one of us would find it okay to learn that our child has been sacrificed for a cause, however noble the cause? I often wonder what people like this say to God. "God, you know that I had to drop that bomb, even though I knew that there would be some innocent deaths. I just had to, to save the lives of our people." Is this how it goes?

Well I've heard that obama picked up a kitty by the scruff of the neck. He is such a girlie man

McCain is only pretending to be a cool calm individual. So much to the point were is is overcompensating and sometimes looks like he is totally uninterested. When the real lion comes out, people will be sorry if he is voted into office. He will show no restain or jugdement. He want to have more war to show how tough he is. He will continue to tarnish the image of this country and drag us down to an even lower standing in the world.

The man is scary, unable to control his temper and violent tendencies even in a diplomatic setting, if he is elected we will be at war with yet another country (or more than1 even) during the next 4years. Do not vote Bush/McCain!!

I think McCain has forgotten about this too. But I don't blame him, my grandpa also forgets things, sometimes.

Without a doubt, John McCain does not have what it takes to be president and will never attain the critical attributes of a cool headed/decisive/strategic leader. Due to the failed Bush administration, our beloved country is at great risk and peril; we cannot with good conscience let this continue.
We all need to work diligently to correct the false rumors whenever possible and do all that we can to get new voters registered and out on Election Day.
Just to reiterate, we are in dire time in our country’s history. We must make sure that we don’t elect another incompetent leader.
For a better and more prosperous country: Vote Obama

I am very suprised CNN even reported this, and not swept it under the rug like they do for any other truths about John McCain. The slant towards McCain is so noticiable on your network. Most of the talking heads have this " How dare you say something about John McCain" especially Campbell and Wolf and it comes across that way as well. The truth is the truth, if I see it millions of others do as well. Thank God for Jack Cafferty or I would get Cnn confused with Fox. John McSame is who he is.

its a shame that even his own republican statesman is even bashing minibush. just remember mcbushes favorite saying " i'll make him famous '. he's a joke.if thats the best the rep. party has to offer then we won't have to worry about them for at least 4 more years. OBAMMA 08!!!!

Grabbing an official – that's a joke compared to supporting the aggression in Iraq! I'd let him (and others from his crowd) grab 10,000 officials, but leave alone and alive 100,000 people that are now dead. Well, and, yes, leaving alone 4 billion $$$ per month of Iraq's adventure cost would be nice too.

CNN always said he was to old ! Now you've got him roughing up people. What a goofy liberal thing you've got going here!

brian s. you are hilarious in a good way! lol! i wonder what cindy and the kids have had to endure all this years???? hmmmmm.... maybe we should ask his first wife who was abandoned by mctemper!!!!

i really think cochran has been in the sun much too long.

This is crap:

Dem for McCain

McCain was demonstrating how he would deal with people he disagree with. I don't think this story is false – there is something about McCain (I can't quite put my finger on it) that make this believable. In time we will see his true colors...............

Who cares, the way this economy is looking I doubt very seriously the smart voter will cast it on another Republican. Today American Airlines announced a large layoff and the other day Starbucks. The list will continue. The remainder of the jobs are going overseas.

The war rages on... gas prices are rising, millions of people have lost their homes and our young men and women are dying or becoming disabled in a war that should have never taken place based on a big fat lie by the Republicans. Please, I don't know about anyone else but I am tired of this mess. Vote Barack Obama for President !!!!!!

I can think of several others that would benefit from being jerked out of their chair and rattled about a bit.

ha, Kim you are fuuuuuuuuuuuuunny

Good thing McCain is not going to be the next president.

McCain lives in a narrow war-filled self-created reality. We have had Out-of-Control Republicans for near 8 years. We do not need one that is also hot-headed.

Well, McCane is getting a taste of the Republicans' own medicine.

Swift Boat wasn't true either, but it did not stop the Republicans. It doesn't surprise me that teh Republicans have turned against McCane. He never deserved this nomination, and with the recent reshuffling of his campaign staff, it is obvious that there is turmoil within the Republican Party.

I do believe that Bush does not want McCane to become president. Putting his people in place McCane's campaign is Bush's way of ensuring McCane's defeat.

Wow CNN... that picture sums up your coverage of McCain. It's just like how you gave Hillary bad news coverage to help steal the nomination for Obama.

Hillary '08! (Write her in!)

A ticking timebomb I tell you. Can't wait until the first debate.

oh oh omg lol, i can't believe this but i so believe this, for laughs i'd love to see mccain take control of the free world atleast we'd never be out of jobs in our economy, we could just all turn into comedians he'd give us more then enough material lol,

Wouldn't you?

Considering his probable PTSD and history of temper...yeah, I tend to believe it. In some ways I admire McCain but he is a loose cannon.

"If the arms don't fit, you must acquit"

Please keep in mind this was 20 years ago. His arms probably went much higher than they do now. I believe that Thad Cochran is telling the truth. Too bad there were no videos or photos to jog McCain's memory. Maybe we'll get some footage in the upcoming debates!!

If it were true, was I supposed to be upset by McCain snatching some thug by the shirt and jerking him out of a chair?
Thats the kind of President we NEED in this country! Not one who will call Iran and say excuse me for interupting your nuclear testing but can we talk? Pretty please!
I'm starting to get worried that Americans are turning into a bunch of cowards.

Alexander Mooney needs some new material these days! Why not report about Obama as a naturalized citizen who does not meet standard of Law to run for President of the United States. Instead of today, here and now news you choose to write about heresay from a politician trying to win votes on his personal issue which might have or might not have happened in 1987.

Your standards are slipping, give the viewers todays news on the real issues.

Wouldn't surprise me at all if he has forgotten doing it.

I'm an Obama supporter, but something that happened 20 years ago? Come on.

HEY MCLAME DO ME A FAVOR AND STAY IN COLOMBIA

Brian I hope you're aware in the election a vote for Barr is a vote for Obama, all the right wingers who don't think McCain is radically conservative enough are defecting to Barr, and everyone knows that a 3rd party candidate will never be elected....so why waste your vote? Oh wait, no, go ahead and vote for Barr!

OBAMA '08!!!

Brian, it happened in 1987, he was only 102 back then.

i cannot believe HOW MUCH he has aged in the last few months-SCARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Was he holding his ever present coffee cup when he did this? Not cool to keep reporting this crap. Get to the issues!!!

Brian,
His limited range of motion wouldn't necessarily limit his strength. There are several other reports of McWar's anger issues. I think they're all worth investigation a little further ~ especially if this guy wants to be the Commander in Chief.

"The thought of [McCain] being president sends a cold chill down my spine."

join the club, sir, we dont want it either!!!!

there are too many stories to ignore, and they all say the same thing, he is a hothead, unpredictable, even PHYSICAL-–NOT good qualities for a president!!

he is unstable, and unworthy of leading this country!

To comment #2 – Comb his hair? What hair?! Ask Cindy McCain about teasing Mr. McCain about his his hair, or lack thereof. Maybe the guy made fun of his ghostly white locks!

I don't believe it either.

I'm a hardcore Democrat. And this just reeks of someone who get "hurt" by McCain and wants to hurt him back because McCain is in the lime light now.

Hang on, this is republican diplomacy... ?

The angry ole guy is out of control.

This is scary!
Why would America want a President that can not control his temper?
McCain should take lessons from Obama he is cool as a cucumber
under pressure.

There are just too many examples of McCain losing his temper to believe these events are just being blown out of proportion. There is no way you will ever convince me he does not have some permanent psychological damage from being a tortured POW. Vietnam vets who weren't POW's have permanent psychological damage. What would make McCain any different. These issues clearly affect his judgment in handling both current situation and future one events. I don't won't someone potentially mentally unstable as the next President of the United States.

We've heard from so many sources that McCain is hot tempered...is everyone else lying, or is McCain (did you hear what several witnesses said he called his wife in public???!!!). This is not the type of person we want negotiating on our behalf.

If you hear similar stories coming from multiple persons about someone's behaviour, there is usually some truth to it. Why would so many people come out of the woodwork to state that McCain has a temper issue if they had not witnessed it. They could have said worse things about him, but no, they speak of his temper all the times.

Nice turn of phrase Brian.

Mr. McCain loss the ability to flex his arms above his shoulders around the time he got out of the Navy. He had recovered some mobility through extensive physical therapy, only to lose it over the years through age.

I have a tough time with imagining that McCain was able to manhandle someone at the age of 50.

Frank - Oh Really, Your blaming McCain for Bush's inability to implement his policy correctly and through the rule of law. Bush isn't even in the same league as McCain. I sure hope you don't represent the electorate. McCain deserves a fair shake, not someone who votes for Obama because it isn't Bush. Oh yeah, Mr. Bush isn't running.

A person with a uncontrolled temper like mccain can pretty much do anything and won't even remember it ever happened. If you think you can trust a temperament person with a country, go ahead. they do not control their own self. their temper does. that is why those individuals are able to beat on their wives and appologise the next day. I think he did it . i wonder how a whole senator can come out with a story like this for political purpose. Why do people say Mccain is tested?? There is element of truth in the senator's story/
America becareful with Mccain.

Everyone knows he has super human strength in his BIONIC arms.... THAT'S JUST WHAT AMERICA NEEDS ANOTHER WANNABE TOUGH GUY...

OBAMA 08....

Good we need a President with real guts and fight in him.
If Obama is elected it will be a field day for rogue gallery out there in
the world. Can you imagine the laugh they will all get that we elect
Obama who doesn't seem to have ever had a job, been a boss, owned
a business or have any credentials whats so ever. It's like electing peewee

A man can only take so much !!!!!!!!!!!!!

I dont want to hear about McCain denying anything . You guys sure cut the comments about the foul up over the fist bump short. That should be a pure embarrasment to you as a top news station. Have CNN no shame or respect for themselves. Thats what you SAMF get.

Oh McBush and the usual GOP touch.... they're all a bunch of thugs

to Brian S

it was 21 years ago dude, get a clue!

A person with a uncontrolled temper like mccain can pretty much do anything and won't even remember it ever happened. If you think you can trust a temperament person with a country, go ahead. they do not control their own self. their temper does. that is why those individuals are able to beat on their wives and appologise the next day. I think he did it . i wonder how a whole senator can come out with a story like this for political purpose. Why do people say Mccain is tested?? There is element of truth in the senator's story/
America becareful with Mccain.

If John McCain did not grab the guy – that is OK. If he did grab the guy – that is even better. I get the impression that McCain has the nerve of a fighter pilot, and that sets well with me.

THIS FROM HIS OWN GUY

McCain says he didn't rough up the Sandista; McCain claims he never said he didn't know much about the economy; McCain denied he criticized the press in his green background speech.

Somebody please tell McCain there's a little thing called video. I know it wasn't around when he was alive but can he get with the program?

He isnt the first and only one to report this kind of behavior.. Cnn is JUST now making an issue of it..i understand that McCaint is a media darling(really i do)but at some point you have be fair.. let that have been Obama.. he'd have been called a typical angry black man with violent tendancies, etc, etc..im more interested however as to why McCain cant be called on to release his Mil. records.. and why he has been referred to as Songbird McCain(since his military record his supposed to be his strong point

Blah, blah, blah!

I will not vote for McCain BUT what has this have to do with anything?
His temper or his wife or whatever nonsense opponets throw at him to me shows how silly this campaign is and how more silly it will be in the presidential election

Can someone stop Romney from destroying social security ??

Brian S, my thoughts, exactly.......love the way you put it, I needed a good laugh! Thank you!

Let's give this guy access to "the button".
I don't know what's worse, this temper thing or McCain letting guys like Phil Gramm advise him on the economy. If you're bleeding money at the pump or your mortgage payment has doubled, ol' Phil has some fault in it.
I for one am not rich enough to vote Republican!

This just goes further in making people realize McShame can not control his temper. This just shows me what a poor candidate the Republican Party has. I bet the only one who can control him is Mrs. Cindy.

I like McCain and think this is a load of rubbish. I cannot stand ridiculous articles like this. I hope he wins in 2008!

This is only the beginning. We're talking about a guy who called his wife the "C" word in public at a campaign event several years ago. His foul temper and abusive language and behavior are well documented.

Just what we need: a president who grabs life (and foreign leaders) by the throat! All right! Macho diplomacy!

Temper, temper.

My friend.

Its ok that he gets angry sometimes but it will hurt the US if he behaves like that. And for his health its not good eighter, because of his high age. He should do as other old people, retire and live 10-20 years travel and enjoy himself. He earn that after his long service.

Whether this story is correct or not, what concerns me today is the 2nd shake-up in a year of the McCain campaign personnel and structure. Government experience or not, how can you manage a country as President when you can't get the management structure together of your own campaign?

WHERE THERE'S SMOKE, THERE'S FIRE. We have politicans and reporters who have witnessed this man's temper toward foreign govt officials and his wife, respectively. (It must be in the DNA, b/c I know and have witnessed a relative of McCain that has that same quick, hot-temper).

Obama 08

To Brian S.... This happened in 1987... Im sure that 21 years ago he was sligtly fitter So yes, it does make sense very much. And I can see it being so.
You can see it in McCains eyes...

I agree Brian
But I'm still Votin' Obama

Is it just me or does McCain look like he's in his 90s in this picture? I do not want a old frail man to lead this country.

OBAMA 2008!

I think somebody needs to find the guy he allegedly grabbed, and find out who is telling the truth on this matter. If McCain's version is untruthful, this could be as big as Hillary's "Sniper Fire."

I cannot believe you waste our time with this stuff. I am voting for Obama in the fall not because McCain was reported in some story about some source about some incident.

When did cnn become US weekly? The dumbing down of America starts and ends with 24 hour news. We're now a sound bite country and not able to think on our own.

Can you tell me what I should have for breakfast tomorrow? Please? I need to know. I might not be able to walk to the bus without the energy you put in my cereal bowl. Please oh wise one CNN. Please tell me.

Wow 1987, CNN doesn't mention that in the headline. Cochran said he had to look up. Sounds like he didn't see it. Cochran doesn't like McCain because McCain has gotten on Cochran for wasteful spending.

Brian...he said it was in 1987...I'm sure McCain was able to lift his arms just fine in the 80's, he would've only be around 60 years old...lol

Thad-Grow up. You have been looking for something to grandstand over for well over 20 years. Can you tell me exactly what you were doing
20 days ago? You worry me a lot more than a candidate that truly cares about the good of the country. Anna

I don't think the Republicans are playing this game as skillfully as the Democrats. Here a fellow Republican senator that supposedly dislikes him plants a tough guy image for the public and he can stand back and deny it leaving us wondering. It's kind of the obverse of the GHB wimp image. Just seems all to contrived. Now watch people jump up and down saying this is the kind of toughness we need to fight Sandanistas and al-queda and the like. Sheesh.

Brian must not be able to add or read, the "fight" took place in the mid 80's, He would of been in his late 40's.

McInsane is way too out there to be president. He probably suffers from PTSD, but the press is so soft on him they won't dare mention it.

Thad-Grow up. You have been looking for something to grandstand over for well over 20 years. Can you tell me exactly what you were doing
20 days ago? You worry me a lot more than a candidate that truly cars about the good of the country. Anna

"The thought of [McCain] being president sends a cold chill down my spine."......"He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me,"

this plus his voting for the unwarranted Iraq war plus his remark "bomb bomb bomb Iran"

Everyone knows McCain is hot tempered. This is a FACT. Not what I want to see in the next President.

It just makes you say hmmmmmmmmm!!!

John McCain has a habit of lying! He was caught in a lie this morning when being interviewed with Robin on Good Morning America about him saying he did not know much about economics. This man has a habit of not telling the truth, over and over again.

joe

Someone needs to confirm the validity of this story. There were apparantly other people in the room when the attack occurred. If it really happened and someone else is willing to testify to its acuracy it could potentially ruin McCain's credibility.

PLEASE...PLEASE..PLEASE someone come forward. His temper scares me!

I don't need to hear concocted stories about how much of a loose cannon some old guy is to know how I'm going to vote. After watching the Republican machine drive this country into the ground over the past decade, or so, it's pretty clear to me that Republicans are bad news, and I will never vote for one as long as I live.

Who cares. Have we all missed the TV airing of McCain's cowardice in Vietnam, (Which I fogrive him for.) What I do not forgive him for is allowing people to call him a war hero, and now acting like he is brave by continuing the War in Iraq. If we win, what do we win?

Hey he's better than the wanna-be tough guy in office now! Let's negotiate the McCain way instead of begging and whining.

you people suck

Wow. I believe this to be true. Comming from a Dem, you'd have to take this with a grain of salt. From a fellow Rep with nothing to gain, there may be something there. We've heard numerous reports about McCain's temper. You can only hear similar accusations from different sources, time and time again until you have no choice to believe theres at least some truth to it. Kinda like Michael Jackson and kids.

The scary thing is this was 20 years ago. As most people will agree you become less patient as you age as opposed to more patient or tolerant.

McCain isn't exactly the picture of physical power. In fact, he's a weakling cripple pile of porridge. I'm sure Cochran is right and McCain tried this kind of a stunt. But with his brand of cowardice the guy was probably twice his age or a quadriplegic. Tough Johnny only knows how to bow in front of gooks.

Obama needs to keep his word and debate McCain. If they debated, the public can hear each of their answers to the issues at hand.

This is nonsense, CNN, and you should know better.

How about sticking to the facts: Barack Obama has only 143 days of work experience in the US Senate, with no legislative accomplishments.

John McCain has a habit of lying! He was caught in a lie this morning when being interviewed with Robin on Good Morning America about him saying he did not know much about economicsh. This man has a habit of not telling the truth, over and over again.

joe

This is a Republican that has told this story so it makes me wonder. This isn't the first time I have heard of McCain's temper.

I'm voting for Obama anyway...

This was 20 years ago. He hasn't always been lame.

It amazes me how anything that anyone says about McCain is not true or it didn't happen. If there was a room full of people then someone saw it and it needs to be made public! It is a matter of national security. We and the world can not afford another cowboy as commander-in-cheif. God help us all in McCain wins!

19 years ago should exceed anybody's statute of limitations.

Goodness, CNN is digging really deep to try to discredit McCain.

Can you please just stick to the issues vice whoring for Obama?

From CNN's website (categories and number of stories)

Categories
Barack Obama (1884)
Hillary Clinton (1768)
John McCain (1021)

so.... this is a REPUBLICAN

Regardless if his arms are capable of this, his finger can still push "the button". This should scare everyone given his noted temper!

Remember it is his fellow Repubs saying he has an "anger problem".

Disabled or not with the arm-lifting thing, we don't know if that is something that has gotten progressively worse over the years as McCain has AGED and AGED...it's possible that in 1987, he was very capable of picking up a guy and pulling him out of his chair. That said, even if he was disabled to the degree he is now, I believe that anger can propel anyone to any action of violence or aggression. Given that Senator McCain's reputation as a hothead seems to be a long-standing issue, I have no doubt that he did this.
OBAMA '08 & '12
YES WE CAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Goodness, CNN is digging really deep to try to discredit McCain.

Can you please just stick to the issues vice whoring for Obama?

So once again everyone is lying against McCain. How can anyone expect a man who can't remember what he said yesterday to remember his actions in 1987? There seems to be a pattern developing here.

It takes 21 years for this to come out? Rrrright!

Welcome to Situation Room. This is Wolf Blitzer. And now lets take you to Mexico where President McCain is on a state visit. Its 10 a.m. on January 21, 2010 and President McCain has just walked into the hallway of the Presidential Villa with his host, President Juan Carlos of Mexico. Oh wait a minute... whats happenning? President McCain appears to have his fingers around the neck of one of the aides of Presdent Carlos. Whats going on? A crowd of people are gathering around him and his security details weho are trying to persuade President McCain to let go. We cant see what is going on now but will stay on this story. What a shameful day for the US...

Vote McBush 2008

I guarantee you there will be video footage of this.

Brian S, read the article, it's from 1987, 20 years ago...

And to Frank, Barack Obama is not the right thing to do, it's the same old song and dance, and he's pandering to anyone he can to get votes. His change is about as much real change as McCain's change... IT IS THE SAME OLD SONG AND DANCE,

I'm a Ron Paul republican and I'll be darned if I'm voting for either of these two leading jokers. Our country is in a sinkhole and these two want nothing more than to spend our money and get us into a bigger sinkhole (McCain with war, Obama with social programs)...

Vote for anyone but these two, because THAT'S the right thing to do!

99% percent chance one of his 20+ medications kicked into overdrive.
The man is a walking liability.

Temper,Temper..Do you honestly trust this guy with the "button"

..., and maybe he'll give the same treatment to Vladimir Putin and Mahmūd Ahmadinejād.

Jst what we and the world needs...4 more years of Good Old West (aka Cowboy) diplomacy.

He needs anger management courses.

Alais, finally a candidate who's not afraid to kick some butt! That pansy lefty Barrack would of did "lines" with this scumbag instead.

I am an Obama supporter, but this should be irrelevant. Much like it should not matter a church Obama attended twenty years ago, it also shouldn't matter that McCain lost his temper to a terrorist guerilla group. CNN of course reports this due to the controversy behind it.

So what.

Why am I not surprized? This guy simply does not know the "D" word. His only solution to all problems are an all out war with total disregard to consequences for him, his colleagues, or his country (or his planet). I am now sure he will not only not end the war, he will open another front with iran and put an end to American might.

When he grabbed the guy did he call him a varmint and shout "dagnabbit!"?

That sounds about right.

How can he remember?

12 medications
old
2.3 GPA
temper (whether this article is true or not... his temper is known)

He's simply not fit for the job

McCain is damaged goods, the North Vietnamese broke him and he is a time bomb waiting to explode.

This is a cause for concern about McCain Temper.

His judgment will be more clouded now than ever before.

After the last 8 years America can not afford that.

Obama 08 & 12.

I don't think McCain's temper has been a big secret – it's merely that the media hasn't mentioned it. I know I don't want a President who's going to lose his temper so easily and so violently.

Brian S has a good point. But it was 1987, and I don't know how bad his arms were at that point.
What we need is some news organization to find out who else was there and ask them to corroborate. But that's news gathering, and this is CNN; so I guess we can forget that.

Wow that's kinda scary. Can you imagine this hothead as Commander In Cheif with the power to push the red button at will. He'll be blowing up folks left and right.

Well I do know one thing that Cochran said that rings true

"The thought of [McCain] being president sends a cold chill down my spine."

AMEN

He probably just doesn't remember doing it. Silly ol' McCain.

I am Obama all the way and this just proves Obama is the right candidate for the job. McCain has once again proved he is out of date just like George W Bush!!!

The man is a hothead can't have him running our country. Violence will be be his solution for everything.

At the time this happened, he could lift his arms just fine. However, if he really can't do so now, then I have another reason to wonder if he's healthy enough for this job.

As for his temperament, the "Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran" statement that he claimed was a joke said it all for me.

Since this happened 20 years ago, I believe it!

I know a lot of people believe that they know the real McCain, but as this story suggests there is a lot out there that if the media were really doing it's work would make this guy unelectable.

Reality check: McCain had trouble lifting his arm since Vietnam. Even if he wanted to he couldn't rough anybody up.
Just shows you that the liberal media will print anything to mud his image.

I think this story, if true, makes McCain look pretty good. Should the US ever have to have some tough international negotiations in the future, a la Reagan/Soviet staredowns, I like the idea of a tough-as-nails guy doing our staring.

Obama, on the other hand, is an absolutely perfect president for a civil, cooperative, and harmonious world. No one would deny this statement. But until we get to that point (and we're nowhere close) do we want a pansy in the office?

McCain seems the proper mix of both "good cop/bad cop" that we need. Bush plays only a bad cop; Obama seems only to be a "good cop."

Does this suprise ANYONE! If McCain wins (God help us all) we WILL have WWIII. He has violence running through every fiber of his being.

Brian S, This was 21 years ago when McCain was 51...

Of course he denies it. He can't remember what he had for breakfast today.

So... when Obama is acting tough, yelling, rolling up his sleeves he's being a 'leader' but when it is implied that McCain would do the same he's dubbed a 'bully?'
Hypocrisy alert!

Anyone held captive for 5.5 years will have mental issues. I don't think that McCain is sane at all. He reveals this every time he speaks, I wonder if the American people are paying attention.

Actually, I like this story. McCain has slowly but surely turned me off from his stances (seeing as how his stances have shifted to that of the Bush crew) but I do like a little fire from my leaders. When I as a kid I always imagined Reagan doing that to jelly head over a game of chess. Still voting Obama but like that kind of fire Johnny boy.

Boy, McCain sure has a lot of memory issues. Are you sure he's fit to serve? I mean he sure can't remember a lot of things like this instance or the fact that he said he doesn't know much about the economy.

this is the guy you want with his hand on that red button ....god help us all

Hey Brian,
Voting for a guy who will not win is the same as throwing the vote away. You want to make a statement? Fine, write a column. But try using your brain Brian...

Cochran has an AXE to grind. Consider the source.

Good for him, at least someone in this country still has balls! Liberals are pathetic pieces of crap!

And so continues the amazing saga of John McQueeg and the McCain Mutiny.

Why would another republican lie about something like this?

Two options: Cochran is just out to sabotage McCain for reasons only known to himself and maybe a few of his cronies or he is telling the truth.

Option 1 seems unlikely because he is making his own chances smaller because the GOP will not like him very much for this story.

Option 2 seems the more likely and indeed sends chills down any rational persons spine to think a guy with this temper cuold lose his composure on a diplomatic mission, no matter what the provocation.

McCain seems less presidential material everyday.....

The account by Sen Cochran could not be a fabrication. It seems very likely McCain is being economical with the truth here, folks

Brian S...you mean Johnny McCain isn't responsible for that stunning combover that so compliments Cindy's do? LOL

You don't mess with Big John!!!
Thad Cochran is really raking in the pork for Miss. No surprise to see him knocking McCain.

Whoa! Maybe McCain isn't so boring after all...

This story is awesome!

I can see the headlines now "McCain Chokes Chavez".

No Thanks.

Obama for President!

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You guys are so funny.

Either you think this little guy named John McCain is an old (incapable) man, or you think he is some sort of John Wayne who picks people up by the collar and shakes them silly in a room where the other side is carrying guns (lots of guns).

You really cannot have it both ways, so make up your mind, OK??
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Thank you......

This is another flaming example of the media, and CNN in particular, printing whatever unsubstantiated dirt they can find on a GOP candidate. Biased, unethical reporting.

Okay Republicans– I just do not believe that another Republican, from the South, would just randomly make up a blatant lie like this.

Thad has commented on his temper and mental makeup in the past and this is consistent with what he has said before.

McCain is a hothead.

We do not need a loose cannon with his finger on the trigger.

McSame denies this just as he denies missing payments on property taxes down in So Cal. After all he owns 7 properties helo in a trust you know. So the guy is entitled to miss a few tax payments here and there.

Go Obama 08 and 12

Maybe it's time we got someone who will stand up for something instead of bowing and scraping to anyone and everyone. I don't care if he did do it. We need a real man in the White House who won't back down every time the UN or someone else gets their nose in the air!

Brian S. -IF you would pay attention it happened in 1987 almost 20years ago.

vote Obama

Brian S – the visit was in 1987. 21 years takes a toll on one's strength. I am so glad folks that don't approve of McCain are voting for Barr.

McBush would be impeached if he pull that kind of behavior this day and age.

Obama is going to be President anyway.

Well said Brian.

McCain '08

If youèr going to bring up the Ortega "Thing".... You have to be, respectfully more honest than this peice of script... Villain or no? Be truthful CNN.... A little mor insite of Ortega would help...

The real story here is that McCain was meeting, apparently without preconditions, with leaders of a guerrilla faction. "I had many, many meetings with the Sandinistas," McCain said.

So its okay for McCain to meet with dangerous groups without preconditions, but not for Barack, huh? Interesting......

Find something else to report. Maybe "lapel" pins and etc. What a pity. CNN is an insult to the world of journalism.

Can you please focus on the about turn that Obama has done on FISA? Can we talk about hi s achievements or lack thereof? Can we talk policy instead of what his color is? Or how Hillary was throwing the kitchen sink or how McCain is hotheaded. Atleast he is NOT corrupt and unethical like Rezko? Atleast he did not buy himself a house for 300K when its original purchase price was $1M???????

CNN – Please get yourself a new JOB!! Journalism is not for you.

What a loser Thad Cochran is – he supported a loser, and is now trying to save face by coming up with this cock-and-bull story.

McCain '08

Brian S.-

If you had half a brain, you would know that this happened a good 21 years ago, when McCain was a much younger man.

McBush scares little children. RUN.

Hot head John McSame

McCain grabbed a guerilla by the shirt and told him what he thought of him. Thad Cochran thinks that makes him less qualified to be president (and Frank from Atlanta agrees). I see it as evidence that McCain won't bow to pressure like Obama has every step of the way this campaign.

i don't know if i believe this story, but none the less, mccain is widely known in the senate for his temper, so it would not surprise me.

he hasn't the temperament to lead.i cant wait to see him blow his stack!

I've heard of people having blackouts while in a fit of rage. Maybe that's why he doesn't remember what happened.

If McCain did that I have more respect for him. I don"t want a yellow bellied president!

Wow! I heard he did have a temper!

Quite the opposite of Barack, and who is gracious and understanding to the core.

That is hilarious!! John McCain has a temper! He'd better watch it! Who's going to put up with that besides his wife Cindy?

That's what I like about McCain: he doesn't take crap from anyone. Better to know their personality up front than wonder what's behind that cloud of a Democrat.

McCain 08

I think he is mean-spirited and that is not we need in these harsh times.

OBAMA IS A JOKE.

It's only a matter of time before McCain loses it on the campaign trail. The public will, in my mind, be able to judge for themselves whether his temperament is suitable for the presidency.

One M, Frank... one M.

I hope someone comes out with hard proof of this becuase then it will show Mccain is a lier. I hope some reports on how he ditched his first wife because she didn't look good anymore and then hooked up with Cindy while still married.

Gimme a break. What else can CNN do to try to make Sen. McCain look bad? AND, as someone who has family in Mississippi, I know what they think about Cochran...and I wouldn't believe a word that he says. McCain will be an awesome President. Signed-a liberal young educated woman who has never voted for a Republican presidential candidate but will this time!

Oh this is like the smear about Obama being a Muslim. "don't trust that John McCain, he's a real pistol.'

Smear, smear, smear

The thought of [McCain] being president sends a cold chill down my spine."

It seems very significant that this information comes from a Republican Senate colleague. This seems to be de-emphasized by the article.

This guy is utterly unpredictable. He will get us all killed. He lies, beats up people, flip flops, and now wants to lead us into another 4 years of Bush. People would be nuts to vote for this flopper.

BARACK OBAMA 08'

And when the red phone rings at 3AM, I don't want him answering.

Dear American Voters, reporters, media. professionals, political parties, and our hon. Presidential Nominees,

Subject: Presidential Temperament

Please talk about and "Compare And Contrast" the " Presidential Temperament" of our Presidential presumptive nominees. I will also request and plead to the nominees themselves [ Hon. Senator McCain and Obama ].
Our nation has been applying this yard and stick tor the appointments and confirmation process of our Supreme Court Justices nominees.
Our Greatgrand Nation Foundations are as under:
Family, friends, fellows, faith, funds, fun, with fairness & freedom And without fear, favor, and failure.
It will be disgrace and shameful if the nominees and media will not look into this critical and crucial aspect under current challenging times and circumstances within our country and all around the Globe.

America wake up and the discuss the " Presidential Temperament" of our presumptive presidential nominee's [ Hon. Senator McCain and Obama].

Yours sincerely,
COL. A.M.Khajawall [Ret].
Disabled American Veteran
Forensic psychiatrist, Las Vegas, Nevada

Remember the old saying John....

"There are the lies we tell, and the lies we tell ourselves..."

Now, this sounds like the good ole John McSame we've all come to know and dislike. This guy is a loose cannon liable to start WWIII, if he is put in the White House. From what his Republican colleague says, McSame apparently has no sense of judgment at all.

And we want to give this guy access to that red phone and the "button"?

It's like watching a shaken bottle of beer – when – WHEN – will the cork finally pop !!!!

Keep him away from sharp knives, guns, any foreign dignitaries, and PLEASE keep him away from the CIC position. He's a nut case.

He did it. I don't believe a word this media manufactured phoney has to say.

Well I believe that, I also know he had a gay affair while in the Navy why isn't CNN reporting on this? Someone ought ot explain to the Clinton News Newtwork that no matter how much they slight Obama and cover up for McCains foibles the PEOPLE SPOKE and the liar hillary will NEVER become president so they can stop with their anti obama agenda any day now.

Oooooh! Now it gets juicy. Cochran, a Republican, says McCain did it. McCain says he didn't.

Somebody is lying and given John "Flip-Flop" McSame's revolving door record, I'm guessing it's McSame.

another media fable.

sry my bad ...if clinton would of done this we would of NOT had 9/11

So very typical. Just what our country needs, a hothead, non thinking ahead blowhard with his finger on the button. Sheeesh! How many more wars of choice will McSame get us into?

McCain has an anger problem.

This is a reoccurring problem with Senator McCain. Manhandling foreign officials is never appropriate. Senator McCain's campaign issues are of secondary importance to me when he has a demonstrated track record of being a hothead, bad temper, yelling in public meetings, and inability to control his verbalizations. There are too many witnesses to his utterly intolerable bad and bizarre behavior to ignore.

I would like to see him get angry in a debate with obama, that would be funny.

IN ADDITION TO WHAT SEN. THAD CACHRAN SAYS, SENIOR CITIZEN JOHN McCAIN IS A VERY OLD MAN. INDEED VERY VERY OLD MAN.

Somebody is misremembering, lol.

Whether this is true or not, it's a bad sign to have fellow Republicans calling you out on something that many Americans are concerned about – your temper. Having a hotheaded President in office when we need a diplomat is scary. Just another reason to vote for Obama. Or don't vote at all – just don't vote for McCain.

everybody knows that he is a loose cannon waiting to start the next big blunder !!!!! IRAN

Hmmm... This is right in line with other stories about McCain's temper. Plus it is hard to imagine another Republican making up a story like this. McCain doesn't have much choice but to deny. Bet we haven't heard the last of this! Or other temper tantrums, for that matter.

It's a well known fact that McCain is a hothead and a bully....my question is what interests does he have in Central America?? Someone needs to dig up that story....because there must be one.

This is what happens when you suffer from PTSD

bomb bomb bomb say no to bomb and say yes to change obama o8. this guy is just nut and we do not need a president like that in the white house

So an enemy of John McCain tells an unflattering story about him. This is news? Only when McCain denies it, under the MSM Rules of Rumor Mongering.

Do we really want this guy to have his finger on the button of a nuclear arsenal when he flips out and has a flashback to the Hanoi Hilton?

WILL THE REAL JOHN MCSAME PLEASE STAND UP

He's mentally unstable....imagine him making a decision about people or countries he doesn't like?

The truth about this "nutbar" is finally coming out. I'm sure his reply to this is going to be:

"Since there was no video of the incident...I'll tell a little fib, It didn't happen."

Gee I wonder how much the Obama camp payed this guy to have him recall this some 21 years later. If it wasen't a problem then, why the hell is it one now. News flash, the Sandinistas were the enemy of Nicaragua at the time. If Reagan was there he would have done it himself. If we are gonna bring up 21 years ago, whats in Obama's closet? Maybe we need to take a look, 21 years ago Obama wasen't even in politics. Drug use, sure, but politics,........time to break out the microscope and examine Mr. Fistbump a little closer.

erratic and hotheaded...exactly the sort of leadership we need.

TYPO ERRORS: " LISTENED"
ADDENDUM: GENERAL COLIN POWELL HAD DISAGREED WITH THE NUMBE AND SIZE OF THE FORCES NEEDED FOR THE IRAQ INVASION. RUMSFELD INSISTED THAT THE FORCES HE PUT FORTH TO BUSH WERE ENOUGH. RESULT: FIASCO.

"He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me," Cochran told the paper in January.

Not to mention he doesn't know the difference between sunnis and shiites, admits to never having used a computer, and admits that he "doesn't really know that much about economics".

Nice candidate you've got yourselves repubs....good luck!

McWar a true warrior, elect Obama president and he will nominate him general or something...I dont thing he would be good doing anything else. Obama=peace in the world
Obama 08, 12

Hey, but at least he wears a flag pin.

"This is completely untrue. I didn't punch him with my right hand.....I punched him with my left hand."

Post Tramatic Stress Disorder '08

McSame is dangerous!!!!!

Run if you see him coming!!!!

Watch out Mr. Burton

Obama '08

Another good reason not to vote for McBush !! This time from a cneo-conservative Republican !!

Vote for Barack Obamma...because It's the right thing to do !!!!!!!!

Anyone who has ever observed the severe limitations in mobility Sen McCain suffers from would know this is impossible. The man cannot raise his arms to shoulder level.

"The thought of [McCain] being president sends a cold chill down my spine."

"He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me," Cochran told the paper in January.

I don't like the idea either. Mr. Ortega must have asked him about how he met his Barbi doll wife.

McCain hot-tempered...STOP IT!

IF PREZ BUSH HAD LITENED TO THEN SECRETARY OF STATE
COLIN POWELL INSTEAD OF CHENEY AND RUMSFELD WHO UNDERMINED SEC. POWELL, WE WOULD NOT BE INTHE MESS WE ARE IN IRAQ AND ELSEWHERE. BUSH LISTENED TO CHENEY AND RUMSFELD–THE ARMCHAIR GENERALS WHO NEVER SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES. AND OF COURSE SEN. McCAIN
WOULD NOT HAVE INHERITED THIS MESS.
McCAIN NEEDS TO PERSUADE GENERAL POWELL TO BE HIS VP.
COLIN POWELL CARRIES ENORMOUS PRESTIGE AND POWER
WITH THE ELECTORATE AS A WORLD STATEMAN AND LEADER.

Good for M cCain....he has always had guts.

There are a lot of lies flying around about McCain right now. The democrats are the ones that seem to be grasping for straws.

McCain cannot hide anymore after the DEM bruising battle covered up all his mistakes. Why hasn't the media focused on McCain saying that staying in the middle east miltarily is all about the dependance on foreign oil. He is toast in November!

This is funny! Obama wasn't even in Law School when McCain was in negotiations with foreign countries.

I tell you what if by some stroke of luck he gets the Presidency someone had better make sure he get anger management before he goes into office. We've heard too many people say this about him and all those people can't be telling untruths.

Would McCain even remember if it happened. I think may of his denials in clear contrast of empirical and first hand evidence and misstatements may be signs of a pathology.

WOW!! McCain has a lot of experience! Was Obama ever in a meeting like that. I dont think Obama was ever in a meeting like that. At least McCain has been in negotiations before while Obama was still in school.

PUMA..... and all those others with nonsensical anti-Obama rhetoric, lets please hear you spin this one. We need a level headed president and not a hot-headed ill tempered one. This is the polar opposite of Senator Obama. Is that so hard for some folks to discern.
We need leaders who use logic, and utilize the SMEs they have in the administration..not ..... go figure...

Shocker, McCain denied this claim...hmmmm.....

Doesn't matter to me, there's no way on God's green earth I'd vote for McCain!!!

SO THE LITTLE GUY HAS A TEMPER. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW MANY BEAT DOWN DID HE RECIEVE. AND DID HE RUN TO DADDY WHEN HE LOST OR TOOK IT LIKE A MAN.

Do we really want a hot head in the white house? We already have a dead head.

Not to worry, someone will come up with a picture or video of this incident...

He gets points from me if he DID do it.

Poor John, he can't remember what he did.

I have always known him as very erratic and not fit to be president.

And this guy will become our President...wow!

Wake up America before its too late!

Oh my! can we ever believe what John McCain say again? Hell, we all know John McCain Lies.. He acts like he speaks the Gospel according to Saint Senator John McCain, who never said anything bad about anyone....

AMERICA BE AFRAID, BE REALLY AFRAID OF THIS MAN!

Is this really the person we want controlling our future. McCain....step away from the button slowly!

This coming from one of his fellow Republicans. Enough said.

DEMOCRATS UNITE!!!!

Why would this guy make this up? From what I've heard about McCain's temper, this seems feasible.

Shouldn't you be confirming stories like this with more eye-witness confirmation before repeating them? CNN, you need to get back on track and do real news and reporting, not this hearsay tabloid journalism junk.

Please?

What's the likelyhood this guy has undiagnosed post tramatic stress syndrome? After all there wasn't much research on this at the time of his capture and release.

Hehe, his own people talking about him. Why don't we ask Ortega?

GOOD NEWS: McCain is not afraid! When he is mad, he does not care if people around him have guns. Hope not but if he ends being the President, hopefully he will get mad at Musharraf and throw him out of the presidency of Pakistan even with gunmen standing by Musharraf.

BAD NEWS: He's shrunk in size and strength since this incident 21 years ago. Lucky Musharraf!!!!!

BCBUSH IS SO MENTALLY UNSTABLE THAT IF HE

WERE AN OFFICER IN ANY ONE OF OUR MILITARY

BRANCHES, HE WOULD BE GIVEN A CHOICE

TO RESIGN & RETIRE OR BE GIVEN AN

IMMEDIATE MEDICAL DISCHARGE. THAT FOLKS IS A FACT.

McSame is unfit for the presidency. Period.

MCSAIN IS A HOTHEADED WAR MONGREL AND WILL ALWAYS BE

Please. Now, this is truly silly,

I knew it would all come out sooner or later! McCain is not fit to be president! If even his Republican colleagues are saying he is this hot-tempered, then it must be true. He probably just forgot it happened just like everything else. This is the reason why the world wants Barack Obama & not McSame!!!

Obama/Clinton '08

Everyone knows that McCain is a hothead. Why bother exploit it. Cnn...please give me more issues. I don't want to know about their wives, their preachers, their favorite choice of ice cream. I'm not interested in their personal lives....whether they have had personal affairs or not. Slick Willy proved that he could be a womanizer and a heck of a president at the same time .

Issues Issues Issues and Issues only is what you should be bringing up. This is the most important election ever in my opinion, and without saying whom I am going to vote for, it is clear that getting my informatino from the media is not helping anything.

You have a responsibility, as do the other networks to focus on the things that really matter, and to make sure that we are not hearing the spin.

oh well, mcain is more man than that chick obama. i think you convinced me to vote mccain this year.

Yep... I agree Cochran... the thought of McCain being the president sends a cold chill down my spine too.

WILL THE REAL JOHN MCSAME PLEASE STAND UP

Now the truth comes out.....and we want this guy controlling what our country does?
Or even having him to make critical decisions?

Let me see..."I don't like that country, let's bomb."

Let me guess McWar's response...."Since this grabbing incident isn't on tape it didn't happen my Friend.

How Low will they go to try to dig up something slimmy on McCain.
When your article said he grabbed a foreign offical, I thought he grabbed a female in an inappropriate manner.
The incident Cochran mentioned supposedly occured over 20 years ago. McCain denies it.

People have said that McCain has a temper but his speeches and responses on the campaign trail are very calm, soft spoken and almost to the point of boring.

I would LIKE TO SEE MCCAIN PUT SOME " FIRE " IN HIS VOICE AND SPEECHES.

IF HE HAS MORE EMOTION INSIDE HIM AND HE IS HOLDING BACK , HE SOULD LET IT LOOSE!

This event Cochran is mentioning is NO BIG DEAL.

BCBUSH HAS NO COMMUNICATION SKILLS, WHATS SO EVER.

HE IS JUST AN ANGRY MENTALLY UNSTABLE INDIVIDUAL.

There is no way this guy is going to be president. I wish this election was over, and McCain was out of the picture for good.

McCain definately gives me a bad vibe and is a very eerie person.

********************************************

BOMB.....BOMB.....BOMB.......NUKE EM.

MR TOUGH GUY.

And this is from a republican. This is scary, real scary. His own party member said that "The thought of [McCain] being president sends a cold chill down my spine," should frighten everyone, it sure as hell does me. Try and spin that repuglicans...you can't and you know it. Your guy is dangerous and not fit to be president.

Makes you wonder what he'd do to General Clark if he could get his sweaty little hands on him...

How Low will they go to try to dig up something slimmy on McCain.
When your article said he grabbed a foreign offical, I thought he grabbed a female in an inappropriate manner.
The incident Cochran mentioned supposedly occured over 20 years ago. McCain denies it.

People have said that McCain has a temper but his speeches and responses on the campaign trail are very calm, soft spoken and almost to the point of boring.

I would LIKE TO SEE MCCAIN PUT SOME FIRE IN HIS VOICE AND SPEECHES.

McCain is out of step and touch with America, the real America. He has changed his stance on so many critical issues since running for President. It would be a mistake for McCain to take office. The war, tax cuts, the surge, making the bush tax cuts permanent, you name it. He has "flip flopped" on all the major issues. I consider him a traitor to this nation. He may have defended this nation at one time, but then again, so did Benedict Arnold!
We need more than two party's, we need someone else to write the election rules so we can get a "True American" in the office. High crimes and misdemeanors are occuring daily.

How can you trust a man who is hotheaded,loses his temper, to lead this great country. Spur of the moment he could pull the trigger in the
operation room and next moment there could be holocaust. Why not the Americans think for a moment before they vote for a man who has the ability to lead them

That is scary. And notice that this is a *Republican* saying this about McCain!!!

The fact that a fellow Republican released this story is somewhat disturbing, to say the least ... almost as disturbing as the story itself.

MSM needs to verify this cliam and counter claim...if true, McShameless will not only be a hothead but also a proven liar.

Good night!

SENILITY BRINGS ON FORGETFULNESS & ERRATIC

BEHAVIOR. BCBUSH HAS DISPLAYED BOTH MANY, MANY

TIMES IN THE PAST 4 YEARS & IT'S GETTING INCREASINGLY

WORSE WITH TIME, AS IT ALMOST ALWAYS DOES. HE HAS ALSO

ALWAYS HAD A SHORT TEMPER, MAKING HIS PRESENT AND

FUTURE BOUTS WITH IT MORE SEVERE, MAKING HIM A DANGER

NOT ONLY TO HIMSELF, BUT THE NATION AS WELL.

With all of McCain's denials about wrong doing over the years, disturbingly, a certain percentage of them are probably true. Where there's smoke, there's fire.

he kind of looks like it.

Our country does NOT need this man's hand on the RED BUTTON.

Well if McCain flatly denied the incident then...it probably happened just the way Cochran described it.
I guess Cindy's money hasn't done much for his manners.

I wouldn't be surprised if it were true. McCain always seems angry, you can tell whenever he's asked a question he does not like he grits his teeth and you can see him trying to control his anger. If you really watch someone their body language says a lot. I do know that when I see him I see someone who holds on to their anger, and when I look at Obama his facial expressions are much calmer.

"He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me," Cochran told the paper in January.

McCain has a REAL problem:
with his own party.
with his own campaign
with his patriotism (pretty much comitted treason as a POW)
with his infadelity (cheated on his wife and dumped her)
with his support of 95% of Bush policies
with being in touch with the people
with speaking in public
with being consistent with following his own advice

It's ok to get old. It's ok not to be the man you once were. And it's ok for us as a nation to realize it when you do. I do realize it, this man is out of touch and not fit to be President. At one time he may have been, not for me based on his POW actions (being a POW is rough I am sure, but it's no excuse to abandon your oaths as a serviceman/woman).

It's time for change, and he is not change.

Obama '08

THANK YOU for WARNING us about McCain.... Smart voters know McCain is FULL OF ANGER and LACKS JUDGEMENT... If he is elected, he WILL start a war in Iran in 2009.

I figure it's just a matter of time until it's caught on tape somewhere. That's all we need is a hothead with his finger on the button. When the Republicans have to speak out against one of their own, that speaks volumes.

There they go again, those lying left wing liberals are slamming McCain and making up stories about his hot temper.......oh wait a minute......this is a conservative Republican saying these things? Hmmmm........I wonder if there's anything to it?

Poor Cindy. What has she really been going through?

I personally don't believe he did that. If he did, we would have heard about it a long time ago.

Keep it up Cochran. McCain is going to lose what remains of his cool and smack the mess out of you! LOL, that would be some great youtube action. Just imagine if McCain pops off at a diplomatic event? Maybe put the Iranian PM in a headlock?

All jokes aside I have almost no faith in McCain, just waiting around to see his VP, b/c that's who's really gonna be Prez if the Repubs manage to "find" dirty pictures of Obama or convince the blue collar vote that he is tooooooo scary.

Well, the best that can be said is that he's not able to do that anymore. Maybe he'll just push little red buttons when he gets mad.

he worries me a lot too. he never seems to remember what he has done or said. thats more worrying l would say.

LOL, grumpy old McCain is just exacerbating the problem! Saying "nonono it didnt happen wahh" like an old man shooing the kids off his yard... lol

Yeah, just what we need in the white house a hot tempered president who will have us at war within a year of taking office. He scares me and he also is unstable.

I HAVE ONE QUESTION: Why didn't the Columbian Government attempt a rescue before Senator McCains arrival.

FARC HAS HAD THESES HOSTAGES FOR YEARS....and the Columbian Government decides to act now. When Senator McCain just so happens to be there.

THIS LOOKS SO STAGED!!!

mccain your a fraud!!!!!

He was held captive for 5 years, what do you expect. Anything could trigger him.

McCain should not be making life and death decisions that affect us all. His anger gets the best of him often, We need a calm and even tempered individual to make those decisions and we have that in Obama.

Yikes! Keep McCarnage out of the White House! This country needs a diplomatic leader, not a crotchety, old bully.

Great. Just what we need: a president who'll get all indignant and start manhandling foreign dignitaries.

Whether this is true or not, the real problem is that McCain's infamously short fuse lends credibility to the possibility that it MIGHT be true. And the potential for anger management issues bodes ill for any candidate.

If ya'll make McSame the Prez, get ready for more McWar. We will be at War with Iran before his first year is done. After his four years in office, we will be ridden with war.

This situation does not surprise me. McCain has a horrible temper that I am afraid to see if he becomes president. It could even, hopefully not, spark warfare with countries who already don't like us.

Keep that guy away from the White House!!!!!

He is proud of his country. And if we have big mouths and punks saying things inapproriate or are not true about his country than I would give him a jab too. Whoever put Obama on the ticket is a traitor.

somebody is lying here,
I suspect it is the GRUMPY OLD MAN (McShame)

He is known to lose is temper very quickly.

But, who cares !!
Get us a better story, CNN....
This does not bring down the price of GAS

He does have a temper. Probably he should start by cutting back on all those Starbucks and switching to de-caf. All that caffeine doesn't help.

Well, McCain can say he has no recollection of the event. I doubt he can recall much though.

I've listened to how he speaks to citizens – it's like he's "better" than them. He acts like he's a hot shot and we all owe him something.

I don't want someone with a temper negotiating for the USA or with their finger on the button!

The grabbing I can live with. It is the never ending war that scares me.

"The thought of [McCain] being president sends a cold chill down my spine." Amen brother!!!! This from the people who know him best.

Here goes the' I don't recall. ' I wonder how many republican uses it?

ouch! slammed from his own side. )

Wonderful, let's have this idiot "negotiate" for us ... that would just about put the final nail in the Ameircan coffin that Bush has been building. Whether you like how he said it, Clark was right: being shot out of an airplane and surviving torture does not a president make.

Where is the article about Obama getting a favorable mortgage loan?

CNN:

We need information:

Did McCain and Bush orchestrate John flying to Columbia, the very day 3 American contractors and the Columbian candidate were released? It sounds pretty suspicious to me.

As much as the spotlight on Obama's Religion has been a blast, I think its time to take a hard look at McCain's temper and issues he's had with people over the years because of it. Seriously.

The last thing I want to do is wake up some morning, pick up my paper and see that we are at war because my President lost his cool and punched another World Leader.

Big difference between "Go ahead Gorby, make my day" and slapping the taste out of his mouth......big difference.

What a loser McCain is- a senator from his own party from Mississippi doesn't even think he should be President.

I would be prouder of him if he did grab the Sandanista by his neck and thrashed him. These scum bags are part of the problem in Central and South America. Maybe Obama can talk to them and they will stop kidnapping and killing innocent civilians.

Interesting, but irrelevent.

Was Phil Gramm with him or Charlie Black? John McAngry LOL