McCain Holds Key to Administration's Bailout Passage

[Fuzz]

This is key. The Republicans are looking to McCain for leadership on this issue and he doesn't want it.

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ABC News' George Stephanopoulos reports: If Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain doesn't vote for the Bush administration's $700 billion economic bailout plan, some Republican and Democratic congressional leaders tell ABC News the plan won't pass.

"If McCain doesn't come out for this, it's over," a Top House Republican tells ABC News.

A Democratic leadership source says that White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten has been told that
Democratic votes will not be there if McCain votes no -- that there is no deal if McCain doesn't go along.

McCain, taking questions from the traveling media today for the first time in 40 days, said he doesn't yet know how he will vote on the bailout.

But when he was asked by ABC News' Ron Claiborne what he would do if the fate of the bill was in his hands, he said Senate Democrats should not use his vote as the determining factor on the success of the bill.

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http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/09/stephanopoulo-4.html

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Let's see what he actually does when his feet held to the fire..

[yourout]

2. Lets see Johny Mac twist in the wind for a while trying to get a read on the political winds.

Forcing him to take a stand is a smart move.

[spag68]

3. McSame

It is really good to wee that the dems. have finally figured out a way to get something done without giving the rethugs ammunition to blast them with. I see this whole thing as a rovian plot to embarrass the dems. which has taken a turn for the worse for them. If they support the idiot-in-chief, they lose. If on the other hand they go along with the dem. plan, they lose all that lobby money and alienate their base. Tsk tsk what ever are they to do. They know McSame has no clue and if they don't follow him they are toast anyway. Tell me it's not fun to see them squirm for a change.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

4. McMansions said he doesn't know how he will vote on the bailout!!

I thought he wanted leadership? He is clueless.