I would have to disagree with your assessment of McCain. It’s the House Republicans that put the brakes on things. McCain has now been forced to side with the house in order to avoid joining the democrats.
I don’t know what McCain’s plans were when he “suspended campaigning”, but he now has the opportunity to get in front of a Republican House parade that may actually be headed in the right direction. If he sides with Bush and the Democrats, he and we are doomed. If he does the right thing — and can communicate it to the American people — his and our stocks rise.