McCain to suspend campaigning, wants to delay debate due to financial crisis

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Nope, sorry. It is way more important to decide who's going to actually lead this country out of this mess beginning in January than it is to go to Washington to point fingers and decide which Wall Street firm gets how much of our money.

I would be willing to bet McCain's hour cramming for the debate did not go very well, and I would be willing to bet that was a factor in his decision.

All of his cross-the-aisle-manship evaporated as he got closer to the most important primaries. I can't imagine it's going to reappear like a bunny out of his hat.