Country First: McCain last

Here's an idea of how McCain could put Country First -- instead of suspending his campaign he should terminate his candidacy.

McCain's erratic behavior over these past few weeks shows that he is almost as unfit for the presidency as his neophyte running mate. It was forseeable that his last stunt would fail. McCain claimed he would suspend his campaign, swoop into Washington to save the bailout deal, and cancel his debate if he couldn't. Later he decided to attend the debate even though he hadn't saved the deal.

He should have known better than to wager his debate performance on his ability to make a deal with 534 people he couldn't control....especially if he couldn't control those of his own party. Now, without the deal, he must pretend that he made progress while he backpeddles on his own promise. Nice.

Today we saw images of McCain scuttling around the halls of Congress trying to talk members into a going along with the latest proposal. How unpresidential. How often do you see a president running around the halls of congress trying to talk members into a deal? If he wanted to look presidential he would summon them to his own meeting. Oh that's right, they wouldn't come. If you can't be in control of the meeting, you don't look like the president.

McCain seems to be more comfortable trying to work deals in the halls of congress. He should stay there.