mccain is suspending his campaign

[cacophony]

in order to "deal with the financial crisis" facing the nation.

now, i don't for an instant believe in his purported altruistic motives. so what's the strategy here? he's made this announcement and called on obama to do the same. so what is the risk to obama if he agrees? what if he doesn't? what is the risk to mccain for taking this action? can he benefit from such an unusual move?

i'm very curious to see how this plays out. this is such an unusual maneuver that i don't know where to begin analyzing the potential effect on the voting public.