[Katya]

What did you hear McCain say?

he would suspend the campaign delay the debate “until we have taken action to address this crisis”.

Uhm...he did that.

[Iron Munro]

I guess you can make a case that, strictly speaking, his flight into Washington, attending the meeting called by the president and conferring with others constitutes action taken "to address this crisis."

But we all know that his comments were taken by the public and the media talking heads to mean something actually accomplished - if not a final bill or signed agreement something tangible like an agreement in principle.

It doesn't matter if we can rationalize his words and actions and convince ourselves that his acts match his words.
What matters is what the voters think, and I'm afraid they will see it as smoke and mirrors and no significant accomplishments.

The best, most successful manager I ever knew operated on the principle that motion and activity do not constitute achievements - only actual, measurable results count as achievements.