John McCain's brother, one of the many characters in this election to bear the proud name of Joe, hasn't been all that helpful on the campaign trail so far: a while back, he referred in a speech to parts of northern Virginia as "communist country". Now, a Virginia ABC News affiliate station is reporting, he appears to have outdone himself by placing a furious call to 911 to complain about being stuck in traffic. (The caller's identity isn't known at first.) When the operator upbraids him, he replies "fuck you" and hangs up. Classy! The emergency services ring back to explain what 911's really meant to be used for, and get Joe McCain's voicemail, whereupon Joe rings 911 a second time, in order to object to being read the "riot act" over the misuse of 911. (It's all in the video report here, after some irritating local advertising.) This short-temperedness: does it run in the family? [WJLA Virginia]
