The Washington Post ran a story on McCain’s temper over the weekend, but the piece seems to be falling apart amid accusations that the reporter distorted, exaggerated, and perhaps even fabricated some of the events he described. McCain aide Mark Salter responded yesterday that:

Salter also claims that his own words were taken out of context to exaggerate the details of an argument between Sens. McCain and Grassley in 1992. Now Salter’s version has been confirmed by former Senator Bob Kerrey. Jonathan Martin reports that Kerrey disputes the Post’s account, which had him intervening to prevent the argument from turning physical: