TPM's lede this morning captures it perfectly:

"And the fact is that the same people that are now claiming credit for
this rescue are the same ones that were willing co-conspirators in
causing this problem that it is. And you know their names. And you will
know more of their names. Congressman Barney Frank and Senator Chris
Dodd are two of them."

He really thinks that the Senators are lounging up there on Mount Olympus and their merest whim directly outcomes and huge events in the real world.  Give me a break--their votes are like toilet paper, or at best like cash, to be traded for other votes or favors.  I'm getting really sick of McCain's theme that he lives in this dangerous, heroic place called "Senate World" where he slays dragon and protects damsels, and mighty swings of his sword are "votes."

Because only in a warped fantasy can McCain, even for the purposes of slinging red meat to a pack of racist yahoos, look at the GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS and say, "this is the fault of Barney Frank and Chris Dodd... and that one." 

I don't think it's just rhetoric--he really sees the world this way.  He thinks that the Congress slings their mighty lightning bolts from on high and that makes the world go round.  Because if he couldn't see himself that way, he's just an angry, frustrated old man who failed to measure up to his father and grandfather... and kids... and wives... and fellow POWs...

Oh wait, I think I finally understand John McCain.