Senator John McCain had intended to ride back into Washington on Thursday as a leader who had put aside presidential politics to help broker a solution to the financial crisis. Instead he found himself in the midst of a remarkable partisan showdown, lacking a clear public message for how to bring it to an end. Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
An insightful article about Weathervane-McCain throwing his campaign to the winds and charging into Washington DC to joust against the 700 billion-dollar windmill. But it turned out to be a silent "putting the country first". After rushing such a long way he only uttered a few words, then sat on his hands watching the bailout implode. Seems many Americans didnt buy his showboating. Results from a survey: "52 percent of respondents said Mr. McCain cares more about protecting the interests of large corporations, compared with 32 percent who said he cared most about protecting the interests of ordinary Americans."
