John McCain and the C-Word

From FOX News:

An audience member ambushed John McCain on Thursday at an otherwise placid town hall meeting in Des Moines, Iowa, with a surprise question about whether he had ever called his wife by an obscene term.

The man stood up and first said he wanted to ask the Arizona senator about a “mental health and mental health care” concern.

“Previously I had been married to a woman who was very verbally abusive to me,” the man said. He paused and asked, “Is it true that you called your wife a c***?”

The crowd booed, and McCain responded:

“No, no — you don’t wanna, you don’t wanna. You know, it’s a great thing about town hall meetings, sir,” he said. “But we really don’t — there’s people here who don’t respect that kind of language. So I’ll move onto the next questioner in the back.”

...The question came out of a new book called “The Real McCain,” by Cliff Schecter, that alleges McCain publicly called his wife Cindy that word in 1992. The McCain campaign has called the book “trash journalism” and called the alleged incident a “complete fabrication.”

This is such a bizarre presidential election. It's Twilight Zone weird.

Anyway, I think McCain handled the question very well.

If ever there was a moment when McCain might have gone ballistic in public on the campaign trail, it was when that guy ambushed him like that.

He maintained his composure. Impressive.

I guess McCain's explosive temper isn't all that uncontrollable after all.
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Video here.