Maybe McCain believes his only chance to win is to introduce as much chaos into the presidential race as possible. Rather than being a steadying hand to guide the bailout agreement through congress responsibly, he unraveled the progress that had been made prior to his intervention.
Or maybe bringing chaos to the situation wasn’t just a political stunt, but is simply McCain’s way of showing us that he truly is a maverick – by maverick I mean a person who acts with little knowledge of the facts or input from others. It reminds me of the Joker in “The Dark Knight” movie. Now that guy was a real maverick!
Bill Burton of the Obama Campaign released a statement about the “erratic, out-of-touch” behavior of John McCain.
“On the economy, McCain’s words and actions over the course of the past week have illuminated his lack of expertise. He admitted he does not understand the economy — his erratic, out-of-touch behavior this week, his failure to do anything of substance to move the agreement forward on the bailout, and his commitment to continuing Bush economic policies, demonstrate it. But there are some questions we might see answered tonight after McCain’s misadventure to Washington and the phony ‘suspension’ of his campaign. For example, will McCain finally say where he stands on the unworkable and counterproductive House Republican plan? Will he be willing to buck his own party?”
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