McShame is in NYC this morning, campaigning, not in Washington.

http://www.americablog.com/2008/09/while-mccain-is-in-nyc-congress-is.html

While McCain is in NYC, Congress is wrapping up a deal

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UPDATE: McCain started speaking at 9:16 a.m. At 8:45 a.m., Ben Smith tell us John McCain will be addressing the Clinton Global Initiative. Following his speech, McCain will apparently finally head to D.C. McCain didn't really suspend his campaign yesterday. He just said he did.

At 10:00 a.m., Congressional leaders are meeting to work on the bailout deal:

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Because John McCain is campaigning in NYC, he won't be there. But, most of the Congressional leaders really don't want him there anyway.

At 4:00 p.m., (ABC News reported via email) George Bush, whose approval rating on the economy is at 16% with a 76% disapproval, will be hosting the White House photo-op (that's what Barney Frank is calling it). John McCain will be there for that session.

Let's be clear: McCain will miss the meeting about substance. But, McCain will be there for the grandstanding. You know the Palin/McCain campaign is secretly hoping there is no deal. For them, no deal means no debates.

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So, where's the fire, John?

McSame canceled his appearance on Letterman's show claiming he had to get back to Washington right away then Letterman saw him being interviewed by Couric on their network feed. He was making a big deal about suspending his campaign and heading to Washington like some hero to rescue the failing economy.

getting there to "fix" the crisis ...

head back to Washington. It was in his statement yesterday.

Palin was interviewed solo, and the joint interview was already setup. He honored the news interview committment and dropped the entertainment show interview.