McCain claims he's suspending his campaign in order to focus on the economy - oh and he wants to cancel the debate

Amazing. So John McCain can't juggle holding the debate and voting on the bail out at the same time. In essence, McCain is proposing that he, yet again, not be publicly accountable to the media and the public. (It's just a coincidence that this again would permit McCain to avoid answering any real questions from the media.) And I'm sure this has nothing to do with McCain plummeting in the polls, per today's Washington Post poll. Hey, here's an idea - if John McCain wants to focus on the economy, how about firing his campaign manager who accepted $2m from Fannie and Freddie and then lied about it (as did McCain)?

Rather than just suspend our democracy because of a crisis, why not just have Friday's debate about the economy? Don't we deserve to hear from both Obama and McCain, and have them grilled about what each of them proposes we do? What's next, John McCain suggesting that we suspend the election? At some point McCain needs to prove to the American people that he can still walk and chew gum at the same time.