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Originally Posted by Pressing-On
You must not have heard the news this evening. No one talked about waiting to see if Obama was on board. They need McCain to be on board and they aren't sure he will be.
Pretty cool for the Maverick!!!! 
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I'm not sure it's all that cool or not.
If he goes along with it, he'll anger his base (theoretically) and many more Americans who are simply not ready to give the Bush Admin another huge amount of money without cords or oversight.
700 B is a lot, and in Paulson's words, "maybe not enough...."
If Sen. McCain does not go along with the plan, and things go real bad, he could become the new whipping boy or he could become the "Champion of Reform", according to some Republican leaders.
Honestly, i think it is unfair for all of this to come down on Sen. McCain like this.
Hopefully, he won't cry about it though.