[Darren McCarty]

McCain lost because of how he handled the bailout. He was in trouble before that, but that put the nail in his coffin.

[Colonel Jim]

It did indeed!

[Comparative Advantage]

“McCain lost because of how he handled the bailout. He was in trouble before that, but that put the nail in his coffin.”

We have a winner. The moment he supported the nationalizing of the financial services industry through the bailout, he was done.

[NoGrayZone]

McCain lost because of how he handled the bailout.

Excellent point. He put his campaign on hold to "handle" the bailout crisis, only to bend over and take it up his.....campaign. If he had stood up against the bailout, as MOST American people were doing, he would have won.

[TomGuy]

McCain lost because of how he handled the bailout. He was in trouble before that, but that put the nail in his coffin.

In the 'breaking news' thread about McCain suspending his campaign, I posted that it was an ill-conceived stunt that would be perceived as grandstanding. I got skewered by the loyalists. lol. They sort of quietened when they found that McCain helped reinvigorate the $700 billion bailout by adding $150 billion in pork to it.