On March 11, Sens. John McCain (R-AZ), John Thune (R-SD) and Mel Martinez (R-FL) met with a group of Hispanic business leaders in the Capitol’s Strom Thurmond Room as part of an effort to reach out to Hispanic voters. National Journal is reporting that several participants in the meeting said McCain got “angry” while talking about immigration. At one point, McCain reportedly began referring to Hispanics as “you people“:

He was angry,” one source said. “He was over the top.

he rolled his eyes a lot

he was just staring at the ceiling, and he wasn’t even listening to us. We came out of the meeting really upset

He threw out [the words] ‘You people — you people made your choice. You made your choice during the election

And by the end of the meeting, another participant, who had supported McCain in last year’s presidential election, was so shaken by the display of temper that he decided it is good that McCain isn’t in the White House.

My hands were shaking,” one source said