John McCain was a Vietnam War veteran and a six-term U.S. senator from the state of Arizona. He was the Republican nominee for the 2008 presidential election, before his loss to Barack Obama. John McCain eldest daughter Sidney and first wife Carol get candid in John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls, an upcoming HBO documentary Three reporters from Arizona, on the condition of anonymity, also let me in on another incident involving McCain's intemperateness. Carol Shepp McCain was the first wife of John McCain and she is a former model in addition to being director of the White House Visitors’ Office and an event planner.

John McCain's temper is well documented.