Somehow I can’t believe that Obama’s team made the first move. Had they done it, they would have been all over the news with it. But they wait until they got about 15 phone calls from Major Garrett for a response to McCain’s statement?
0 says they contacted McCain about issuing a joint statement, not suspending campaigns and the debate. (as far as I can gather)
LOL! According to yesterday's NYT blog,
He side-stepped two questions about whether he would vote against bailout legislation that did not include his priorities, and he also did not commit to returning to Washington to go on record and cast a vote on a final package.“If we get consensus and everybody is popping champagne, then I’ll probably go back to campaign with folks who are having a tough time in Ohio and Michigan,” Mr. Obama said. “If this ends up being a close vote or a vote where the outcome is at all in question, then obviously this is a top priority.”
Obama's campaign realizes that McCain has landed a haymaker, and now they're just trying to stay on their feet.