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Here's Why McCain's Move is 100% Political
It took me an hour to wrap my head around this, but this is a 100% political move, and here is way.
If this is TRULY all about the bailout, an honorable man would have done this:
He
would have called Obama sometime between 2:25 and 2:45 and said "At
3PM, I am going to hold a press conference where I will suspend my
campaigning, pull all my ads, call for a postponement of the debate,
and head to Washington. I'd like you to join me. If you like, we'll
issue a joint statement laying out that we are both putting our
campaigns on hold and the debate will be postponed a few days. Neither
of us will take credit for this. It's in the best interest of America
that we do this. If you choose to not go along, then so be it."
Here's what John McCain did:
He
told Obama he was thinking about suspending his campaign and asking for
the debate to be pushed back. Hangs up the phone, a few hours later...
Obama hears McCain's plan for the first time on TV in his hotel room.
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