Grumpy Old Man blows off reporter

Sam Stein
The Huffington Post

John McCain's famously cozy relationship with the press is getting a bit testy. Taking questions in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday the Arizona Republican blew off Wall Street Journal reporter Elizabeth Holmes, right after she stated her name and affiliation.

"Who else has a question," McCain interjected, before taking a question from a journalist at CNN.

(For comedy sake, be sure to focus on the face Sen. Lindsay Graham makes after McCain shoots down the question)

Later in the press availability, McCain went back to Holmes for her question. But a source with knowledge of the exchange said that the brush off was legitimate and the message was clear: "He was definitively dissing her."

Holmes did not return a request for comment, but it should be noted that the exchange occurred after her name appeared on two recent articles that the McCain campaign likely viewed as critical. On Wednesday, Holmes co-authored a piece titled "News Coverage Of Obama Irks McCain Team."

(Continued here, with video.)