[cured]

I thought this would be obvious. McCain is slipping in the polls and most feel Obama is better prepared to handle the economy. By "putting country first" and going to Washington to solve the problem (notice his statement seem like he's the one calling the shots), he puts Obama in position to either agree and look like a follower or disagree and make Obama out to be a political opportunist who puts himself over his country's crisis. I just hope McCain doesn't then want to bump the remainder of the debates, including Palin's, because this one debate will have to move to Tuesday or so.