McSame wants out

of the debate on Friday, that is. he claims it's to focus on the economic crisis.
think maybe it's to direct focus away from his own culpability in creating the crisis?
I do.
or maybe it's to allow this storm to die down.

or as Ben Smith notes:

"...his move is a mark, most of all, that he doesn't like the way this campaign is going. The only thing that's changed in the last 48 hours is the public polling."

Nico Pitney at HuffPo:

"John McCain has skipped more votes during this session than any member of the Senate except for Tim Johnson, who had major brain surgery. All of a sudden, McCain demands that the presidential race shut down so he can return to Washington."

"For all of his sudden urgency, McCain acknowledged just yesterday that he had not even read the administration's three-page bailout proposal."

UPDATE: Obama's response:

"I think it is going to be part of the president's job to deal with more than one thing at once."

here's to walking & chewing gum at the same time.