McCain Wants Debate Postponed

What the?!

Time magazine is reporting that Senator McCain has suspended his campaign and is on his way to DC to help in bailout talks. The Senator from Arizona asked the Obama campaign to join him and postpone the debate that was scheduled to take place on Friday on the issues of national security and foreign policy in Mississippi.

The "Country First" meme.

Clearly this plays into the central theme of his campaign of putting country before self; clearly this is a critical juncture in this country's history. But the cynic in The Corsair cannot fail to note that: 1) McCain, in recent polls, is 9 points behind Obama )Fox News says 6 points), and, 2) Yesterday, in the thick of the Senate Banking Committee meeting -- and before the national poll results -- McCain was silent. It is hugely convenient that McCain now takes this stand, at this particular moment in the season, to call for a postponement.

The Obama campaign has just issued this.

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