McCain's "SLEAZY PLOY"

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from The Nation:

<http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat/363980>

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1. it's all a rethug trick:

"Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama initiated the sequence of events that led to Republican candidate John McCain's stunning announcement this afternoon that he would suspend his campaign and propose delaying Friday's first debate between the contenders.

While it was Obama who took the lead, McCain pulled a bait and switch stunt in order to grab headlines -- and the image of a leader -- for himself.

The Republican did so by leading the Democrat to believe he was willing to work together behind the scenes with Obama to develop a joint response to the current economic crisis, only to have the Republican leap in front of the cameras with a solo announcement.

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At 8:30 a.m. EST, according to Obama aides, the Democrat called McCain to propose that the two of them attempt to take a leadership role in responding to the economic crisis. Concerned that no consensus was emerging from negotiations between Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson and leaders in Congress, Obama suggested that he and his Republican rival outline shared goals for resolving any bailout of troubled banks and financial-services institutions.

Obama proposed that the two author a joint statement of "shared principles and conditions" for the proposal.

McCain responded around 2:30 p.m. EST to express his willingness to work with Obama.

Then, at 3 p.m. EST, without further consultation with the Obama campaign, McCain appeared to announce that he would stop campaigning in order to return to Washington to focus on the "historic" crisis facing the U.S. economy.

"I am calling on the president to convene a meeting with the leadership from both houses of Congress, including Senator Obama and myself," McCain announced in New York.

At the same time, McCain urged organizers of Friday's debate at the University of Mississippi in Oxford to postpone the first debate.

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The man who so frequently denigrates diplomacy apparently has so little respect for the one-on-one relationship that underpin any serious negotiation between powerful figures that he would play political games even in the midst of what he admits is a "historic" crisis.

While McCain was trying to make himself look like a leader today, the Republican contender instead confirmed that he is uniquely unqualified to serve in a position that requires his occupant to win and retain the trust of those with whom he negotiates."

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2. this is a dirty, double-crossing trick by mccain

more evidence of how UNFIT mccain is