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

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new york times wrote: Conservative Republicans, in particular, have been skeptical of the plan, and looking to Mr. McCain, now the party’s de facto leader, for leadership.

Whoa. So Bush is out of the picture as far as conservative Republicans are concerned? Man, when has a candidate for president ever been considered the leader of his party when the party had a sitting president?

Heck of a job, Bushie.