<p>I’m not a McCain supporter, but I do respect him, hot temper and all. And this story about him and Morris Udall shows both men in a wonderful light, Mo Udall for helping a neophyte senator from across the aisle, and McCain for visiting a terminally ill old friend and mentor when others had stopped doing so.</p>
<p>The Great McCain Story You’ve Probably Forgotten
What an old anecdote about Mo Udall in the hospital reveals about McCain’s character.
By Michael Lewis</p>
<p>Marite, thank you for posting that story. It really touched my heart, and confirmed for me my reasons for respecting John McCain. I believe that he really is an “outlier” in the Republican Party, which is why party KoolAid drinker foam at the mouth when speaking of him. That alone makes me consider him very Presidential.</p>
<p>I voted for him once, in 2000, despite disagreeing with him on most issues. However, I think since then he has shown consistently poor judgment on issues that most affect America and the world.</p>
<p>But if the choice were between Hil and him - well, voting for Hillary is out of the question, so my vote is out there for McCain to win (but if David McReynolds runs again, the question is settled.)</p>
<p>I think Mike Huckabee acted very decently over the Jeremiah Wright affair. Many of his ideas may be outlandish, but he is personally a decent man. Romney may have flip-flopped all over the place, but he, too, has an unblemished personal life. I could not say the same about Bill Clinton or Giuliani.</p>
<p>If the anecdotes in the link sherpa posted are true, I’d be very concerned about letting him run the country. They make him sound like he’s nuts.</p>
<p>Quoting the Huffingtonpost is hardly the way of getting people to seriously consider the message you are trying to convey . The same would be true if you quoted Billoreilly.com and presented it as an even-handed critique of a liberal Democrat.</p>
<p>But are the anecdotes true or not? If they are, I see a problem. Has he denied them? To me, what he said to his wife alone would make me question his fitness.</p>
<p>My friend who served in the military took me aside and told me that I could vote for McCain if I liked but I should know that the man is crazy…as in “mentally unstable”. Makes me a bit nervous. I favor gun control laws that keep guns off the hands of mentally unstable individuals (to prevent Virginia Tech). And the President gets to control the “mother of all guns”. Bush was crazy enough. I worry about that a lot. </p>
<p>vp - How does your friend “know” that McCain is “crazy”??</p>
<p>Just serving in the military doesn’t give him any special access into someone else’s mental capacity - unless things have changed since we retired.</p>
<p>McCain’s temper is famous. These anecdotes were confirmed by multiple sources. He’s a pretty likeable guy on a lot of levels; that’s why the press gives him a free pass on this kind of stuff. But questions about his stability are seen in his hair trigger which apparently extends to his family and others around him.</p>
<p>Has anyone done a web search on William Jefferson Clinton’s temper? I have and it was pretty interesting. His temper is pretty volatile by many accounts and includes at least one act of physical violence towards one of his advisers. If John McCain’s temper disqualifies him to be POTUS, then Bill Clinton’s should have placed him in the same category, in which case, we certainly shouldn’t now be giving him a shot at The Co-Presidency.:rolleyes:</p>
<p>bz2010: I don’t know. But it was a big disconcerting, because I was sure he would be a huge McCain supporter. Oh well, I may still end up voting for McCain, it is still too early to decide.</p>
<p>I have the capacity to be angry at my wife, but I don’t think I’d call her a vulgar name–especially not in front of a bunch of reporters.
I’ve heard about Bill’s temper too, but I don’t recall hearing about him trading punches with members of Congress.
Well, maybe the debates will be interesting.</p>