McCain Top Ten Blowups

- Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) 2007, in the SenateBoston Herald: Romney depicts loose cannon McCain... (January 56, 2008) Eyes on Obama: McCain's History of Blow-Ups: The Top Ten (June 10, 2008) Post Chronicle: [http://www.postchronicle.com/news/origin
- Texas Governor George W. Bush 2000: Campaign ad response to negative ad 2000Boston Herald: Romney depicts loose cannon McCain... (January 56, 2008) Post Chronicle: Ten More Reasons To Vote McCain?... (September 26, 2008)
- Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM), over a budgetBoston Herald: Romney depicts loose cannon McCain... (January 56, 2008) Eyes on Obama: McCain's History of Blow-Ups: The Top Ten (June 10, 2008) Post Chronicle: [http://www.postchronicle.com/news/original
- Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) 2000, about Vietnam MIAsBoston Herald: Romney depicts loose cannon McCain... (January 56, 2008) Eyes on Obama: McCain's History of Blow-Ups: The Top Ten (June 10, 2008) Post Chronicle: [http://www.postchronicle.com/
- Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), 2002: in the SenateBoston Herald: Romney depicts loose cannon McCain... (January 56, 2008)
- Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, Louis Farrakhan and Al Sharpton, 2000: labeled them corrupting influences and the "agents of intolerance"Boston Herald: Romney depicts loose cannon McCain... (January 56, 2008) Post Chronicle: Ten More Reasons To Vote McCain?... (September 26, 2008)
- Vice President Dick Cheney, 2007: about IraqBoston Herald: Romney depicts loose cannon McCain... (January 56, 2008) Post Chronicle: Ten More Reasons To Vote McCain?... (September 26, 2008)
- Unnamed Republican volunteer, 1986: the lectern was set up too tall for McCainBoston Herald: Romney depicts loose cannon McCain... (January 56, 2008) Post Chronicle: Ten More Reasons To Vote McCain?... (September 26, 2008)
- Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL), 2007: "public abuse"Boston Herald: Romney depicts loose cannon McCain... (January 56, 2008) Post Chronicle: Ten More Reasons To Vote McCain?... (September 26, 2008)
- Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA), 1993: debate on the floor of the senate turns nastyEyes on Obama: McCain's History of Blow-Ups: The Top Ten (June 10, 2008)
- Congressman Marty Russo (D-IL), 1980s: debate in the House of Representatives turns into a shoving matchEyes on Obama: McCain's History of Blow-Ups: The Top Ten (June 10, 2008)
- Former Phoenix Mayor Paul Johnson, 1994, shouting match at a luncheonEyes on Obama: McCain's History of Blow-Ups: The Top Ten (June 10, 2008)
- Unidentified GOP Senator, no date, Senate policy lunchEyes on Obama: McCain's History of Blow-Ups: The Top Ten (June 10, 2008)
- Senator Strom Thurmond (R-SC), then 92, scuffle on the Senate floorEyes on Obama: McCain's History of Blow-Ups: The Top Ten (June 10, 2008) Post Chronicle: Ten More Reasons To Vote McCain?... (September 26, 2008)
- Wife Cindy McCain, 2000, on the campaign bus over a comment about his thinning hairEyes on Obama: McCain's History of Blow-Ups: The Top Ten (June 10, 2008)
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There are at least two lists on the Internet of the top ten times that John McCain lost his temper. One list was made by Mitt Romney during the Republican primary season when he was competing against John McCain; another was compiled by JWilkes, a contributor to the Democratic blog Eyes on Obama. The lists have some overlap, and are sometimes seen as a reason to support McCain, as in the Post Chronicle article titled "Ten More Reasons to vote McCain".