JOHN MCCAIN BEING MCCAIN - NOT A ,"STUNT !"

On Wednesday, John McCain suspended his campaign to return to Washington in order to work with the President, and the Congress in order to get a workable package put together to address the mortgage collapse on Wall Street. Immediately he was accused by the left and the Obama campaign of creating a political stunt in order to shore up, "sagging, " poll numbers.

First the poll numbers remain in a statistical tie no matter which poll one looks at, so why would a political stunt be necessary ? Second this type of move by McCain is typical McCain. He has and will always be a doer and not one to just sit back and let things fall as they may. This doer approach has been one of the reasons that he has had disagreements with the GOP conservative base because some of the legislation that he has been involved in has been in opposition to conservatives and the President.

McCain saw in the 700 billion dollar bailout a massive expenditure for the American people with little or no ability to recoup taxpayer monies and an equally small amount of oversight in securing that not only would financial aspect of the collapsed be handled but little resolution to preventing this from happening again.

Barack Obama's response of, "call me if you need me, " was a lame attempt by Obama to try and portray himself and interested but at a distance. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is actually on record in stating that the Senate, "needed, " John McCain in order to pass the legislation and as always McCain set aside self for the betterment of the country.

If this was a political stunt by McCain, why then was he not before the cameras at every opportunity promoting his work on the legislation. I noticed that at every instance a camera was available Barack Obama was in front of it making accusations against the GOP as to why the bill was not a done deal.

Throughout the day it was reported falsely that a deal was at hand , which was never the case and that to was why McCain felt it necessary to leave the campaign and return to Washington in order to assist in any way he could to get the ball moving and try to get a bill that would work and protect American taxpayers at the same time and as quickly as possible.

For this effort he has been accused of political grand standing. Even Bill Clinton defended McCain's return to Washington stating that he suspended his campaign, " in good faith, " that the Obama campaign would act accordingly and that the debate scheduled for Friday night could easily be postponed. In response to those including the Obama campaign who have tried to claim that McCain was , "afraid, " to debate Obama, Clinton reminded that it was McCain who wanted 10 or more debates and Obama was the candidate who balked at debating. So fear of the debate was and is not a factor.

John McCain is being John McCain in a crisis. Obama stated that a President must be able to do more than one thing at once, which was another lame response by the Democrat. If any President was overseas, at a conference or other pressing business and a situation similar to what has happened in the past week arose and necessary legislation was pending, that President regardless of party would immediately return to Washington to deal with the crisis

McCain's action were right on the mark while Obama said, " call me if you need me." Similar to voting , "present," as he has done so often as a legislator. We need a President who will put country above self. A President who understands that the necessities of his responsibility many times require his direct and personal intervention. A President who responds to a crisis with action and not just words. A President like John McCain whose actions speak for themselves and who went when needed instead of waiting for a phone call.

Ken Taylor