One of my favorite Obama quotes came this evening, in discussing McCain's "let's stop campaigning" ruse: "Senator McCain is running his campaign, I'm running mine."

That alone, to me, is reason #2008 to trust and vote for Obama. So far, he hasn't fallen for any of McCain's attempts to tell him what to do--and McCain sure has been trying.

McCain "called on" Obama to travel to Iraq together. When Obama said no, the McCain camp mocked him for cowardice. Then Obama went overseas without McCain, and the GOP'ers competed to mock the incredibly positive results.

McCain "called on" Obama to have a series of Town Hall Meetings with him, and as recently as last week implied that if only Obama had agreed to those meetings, the campaign would not have had to go so negative. Bloggers crowed that Obama was scared to appear with McCain. But yesterday, it was McCain who tried to postpone a long-scheduled debate with Obama.

It was also yesterday when McCain "called on" Obama to suspend campaigning in order to better deal with the financial crisis... because, you know, the other 98 senators can't be expected to handle it. And Obama, bless his heart, said no. Not to rescheduling the debate and, hopefully, no to putting off the campaign.

Obama does not come when called--especially not by his opponent.

Thanks but no thanks. Obama's got his own campaign to run--and an election to win.