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Matt Lewis: Breaking: McCain Wants Debate Postponed
John McCain wants to postpone the debate and focus on the economy. From Fox: "John McCain announced that he will suspend his presidential campaign on Thursday to return to Washington to help with bailout...
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McCain Putting Country Before Power
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9/25: McCain Calls Time-Out
Blogometer — September 25, 2008 9/25: McCain Calls Time-Out Predictably, most conservative bloggers loved John McCain 's decision to suspend his campaign and return to Washington to work on the proposed $700 billion bailout plan. Righty bloggers are praising McCain's unconventional move as "politically sagacious" and "shrewd" . Hugh Hewitt declares: "The contrast between McCain as a leader and [Barack] Obama as a schemer has never been more clear than today." Just as predictably, liberal bloggers panned McCain's move, deriding it as a "cheap stunt" that demonstrates that McCain is "temperamentally unfit to be ...

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