John McCain's Brother Calls 911: Due to Slow Traffic?

Last Tuesday, a 911 operator received an unusual call, so unusual in fact that the operator called back. This call was from no other that Joe McCain, John McCain's 65 year old younger brother. What was the emergency? Slow traffic. John McCain's brother called 911 in the midst of such a critical moment in this presidential election to complain about traffic. This must have put a smile on Barack Obama's face.

At about 1:30 AM on Tuesday morning, Joe McCain made the call.

Operator: 911 state your emergency

McCain: Well, It's not an emergency but do you know why on one side at the damn drawbridge of 95 traffic is stopped for 15 minutes and yet traffic's coming the other way?

Operator: Sir, are you calling 911 to complain about traffic?

McCain: "(Expletive) you." (hangs up)

The operator then called McCain back to leave a message informing him of his criminal abuse of 911. He reached a voice mail message that stated the following:

"Hi this is Joe McCain; I can't take this message now because I'm involved in a very important political project. I hope on Nov. 4th we have elected John."

Irate about the message, McCain then calls the Alexandria police.

McCain: Somebody gave me this riot act about the violation of police.

Operator: Did you just call 911 in reference to this?

McCain: Yeah.

Operator: 911 is to be used for emergencies only, not just because you're sitting in traffic.

Will this have an effect on the result of the election on November fourth? Hopefully the American population will be able to set aside the actions of Joe McCain and focus more on John McCain's personal platform. More of a disadvantage in the race against Obama is the last thing John McCain needs at the moment.

Joe McCain has apologized for his actions and for the embarrassment he has caused his brother. "I feel terrible about having hurt the campaign over this incident. I won't be doing any more campaigning because of that." Joe also shares that he didn't mean to swear at the operators and will be writing a letter of apology to both of the operators he had offended

One can only ask themselves, what was Joe thinking? Some have speculated that Joe must crave the attention, but Joe proclaims otherwise. Joe explains that he finds it difficult always being in the spotlight. "I'm very proud of my brother," Joe exclaims, "But having a last name of McCain can be tough."

The call can be listened to here