At one point, GOP hopeful and frontrunner Senator John McCain did testify under oath that one of his colleagues in the United States Senate had inappropriately used donations from a tobacco corporation.
John McCain had also testified that he had cursed out another colleague in front of staff members and 20 senators. It puts his grip on immigration legislation into question.
While on the Senate floor, McCain had accused another colleague of behavior that was deemed as egregious for helping a defense contractor in a move which had looked like corporate scandals. However, this was just coming from the Republicans.
For two decades, John McCain has used a fashion to fight fellow senators that could be deemed as forceful and at times personal. As McCain is on the brink of winning the GOP nomination, many of his colleagues within the GOP are wrestling with the thought of him at the top of the ticket.
“There would be a lot of people who would have to recalibrate their attitudes toward John,” according to Senator Robert F. Bennett, R-Utah. Bennett is a supporter of GOP hopeful Mitt Romney. Bennett has clashed with McCain on numerous occasions.
Many GOP senators said that their reassessment is underway.
“I forgive him for whatever disagreements he has had with me. We can disagree on things, but I have great admiration for him,” according to Senator Ted Stevens, R-Alaska. Stevens is a member of the Appropriations Committee who has argued with McCain on numerous occasions when it came to government spending.
There are others that have rejected outright the idea of McCain being nominated for the presidency. They have given warning that McCain’s tirades suggest that he has a temperament that is not fit for the Oval Office.
“The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine,” said Senator Thad Cochran, R-Mississippi. Cochran is too a member of the Appropriations Committee. He added during an interview with the Boston: “He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me.”
According to a former colleague, McCain’s nature would make his relations with the Republicans on Capitol Hill uneasy at a minimum should be become president. He could possibly be the victim of the Republicans that will not go the extra mile for him on legislative issues due to grudges in the past.
“John was very rough in the sandbox,” said former senator Rick Santorum, R-Pennsylvania. He adds: “Everybody has a McCain story. If you work in the Senate for awhile, you have a McCain story…. He hasn’t built up a lot of goodwill.”
Both Santorum and Cochran support Mitt Romney for president.
To those that support McCain, the attitude is part of the lore of his “Straight Talk.”
“When he’s arguing about something he believes in, he’s arguing about it,” according to Mark Salter, a top McCain aide. He adds: “It’s an admirable trait, the capacity to be outraged.”
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