mccain has all but lost the election by his actions this week.
his image is not that of a "leader" who stops the campaign out of his willingness to "put country first", which is what his staff thought would result. his image is now of a person who grandstands at a critical point in a very serious negotiation.
anyone with an open mind understands that the presidential candidates do not need to be in washington, unless of course they are the committee chairs (and neither of them are of course) who are responsible for the proposed bills. in fact by their presence in washington they politicized the negotiation even more. that's negative, not positive.
so mccain, the "betting man" as he called himself in an interview this week, bet and lost. if the bill is agreed to today he can salvage a bit of his image. if it drags on past today he's not going to recover from the mistake.
if he doesn't show up at the debate he will look even more petty. what, he can't get to mississippi? he is needed elsewhere? nope, he can get there and no he is not needed elsewhere.
the question is will obama go to the debate stage and be there all by himself to make a point. it would be priceless...
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