McCain issued talking points on suspending his campaign?

[ProSense]

John Kerry: McCain doesn’t even sit on the Senate’s Banking or Finance committees.


What's he going back to Washington to do?

John McCain is so committed to putting politics aside and focusing on the financial crisis that he even went through the trouble of typing up some talking points for surrogates and volunteers to use in order to better exploit the decision for political gain. It’s the maverick’s credo — engage in constant, crass political stunts all the while maintaining that they’re anything but crass political stunts.

Meanwhile, one wonders what it really means to suspend a campaign. Will McCain surrogates not be going on cable today? Are campaign offices around the country closed, with volunteers told “thanks, but no thanks?” Is staff being given a holiday? Or is the candidate just taking an afternoon off to rest up before the debates (not a bad idea for either candidate) and interested in trying to score some political brownie points while he does it.

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Isn't McCain giving a speech today?

[Boz]

1. I totally just read and heard it that in my head as a Bob Dole routine from SNL

When Norm Macdonald was playing him, cross that with a lollipop guild sneer and you got John McCain

[ProSense]

2. Someone suggested a skit starring Leslie Neilsen as McCain:

On stage during the debate, he yells and points look over there, and then runs off the stage.

[VWolf]

3. I don't think Neilsen would do it

Isn't he a repuke?