McCain contradicts Reid on bailout

[WI_DEM]

(CNN) — John McCain suggested Wednesday he has not decided whether he will vote for the economic bailout, contradicting Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's comments Tuesday night indicating the Arizona senator would definitely support the plan.

"I did not say that," McCain told reporters flatly at an economic roundtable in New York when asked about Reid's comments

Reid, who had challenged McCain to take a position on the bill, said Wednesday he had been told the Arizona senator would support the $700 billion proposal.

“I got some good news in the last hour or so … it appears that Sen. McCain is going to come out for this,” he said, according to The Hill.

Barack Obama has also not said whether he will support the bailout package.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/24/mccain-contradicts-reid-on-bailout/

I can see McCain voting against it just to try and prove he's not a captive to Bush and then try and gain the inititative by trying to run as a economic populist.

[orwell]

1. Everyone has their finger in the wind... n/t

[blondeatlast]

2. He won't vote either way. He'll have a minor injury or illness that will require

an ER visit.

I'm an Arizonan and this sort of thing has happened before; he somehow misses out on the absolute riskiest of votes--then he claims credit if they go over well with the public.