If the WSJ is calling McCain's bull, his campaign is floundering:
The Wall Street bailout bill garnered 140 Democratic votes and just 65 Republican votes en route to defeat, but that didn’t stop GOP presidential nominee John McCain from blaming rival Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats for its failure.
But, but, but, Moooooom... Nancy called me a name! Gotta love the title: "McCain blames Obama and Democrats despite lopsided vote"
There is also a great summary of McCain's actions:
McCain suspended his campaign Thursday morning to return to Washington to try and get a deal done. Soon after his arrival, though, an agreement that appeared to be coming together fell apart–a situation that Democrats pinned on McCain. Over the next few days, McCain’s campaign took credit for bringing House Republicans, who were reluctant to support the bailout, to the negotiating table... But the majority of the caucus still opposed it when the vote was called Monday.
Looks like entering presidential politics into the bailout isn't quite the right strategy to get it to pass... Go figure!
However, my favorite line is this one:
He went on to charge that Obama had "phoned it in," a phrase that holds some irony given that McCain did most of his work by phone.
They even released pictures of him using a cell phone to influence this bailout. But when the vote came in, not a single Arizona rep voted for it. My friends, that's not change we can believe in.
John McCain: Epic Fail.