John McCain exposed an ugly temper yesterday in the Senate chambers. His tirade was directed at fellow Republican Jon Cornyn of Texas over the contentious issue of immigration. Instead of trying to be easy going yet tough and stupid at the same time like #43, the potential (and I say potential in the loosest of meaning) #44 got hot-headed and nasty with the part of his party that vehemently hates brown people.
From The Washington Post:
Things got really heated when Cornyn accused McCain of being too busy campaigning for president to take part in the negotiations, which have gone on for months behind closed doors. "Wait a second here," Cornyn said to McCain. "I've been sitting in here for all of these negotiations and you just parachute in here on the last day. You're out of line."
McCain, a former Navy pilot, then used language more accustomed to sailors (not to mention the current vice president, who made news a few years back after a verbal encounter with Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont).
"[Expletive] you! I know more about this than anyone else in the room," shouted McCain at Cornyn. McCain helped craft a bill in 2006 that passed the Senate but couldn't be compromised with a House bill that was much tougher on illegal immigrants.
So the big bully marched into town to be a (terrible) leader for his fellow Republicans and ended up cursing at another Senator. Obviously Cornyn hit a soft spot when the issue of McCain's prolonged voting absence was brought up. Looks like the truth hurts, as McCain has missed dozens of votes in a row. So what did he do to remedy the problem? He got right back on a plane for a campaign event and missed another vote, his 43rd in a row.
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