I saw a few minutes of Barack Obama’s remarks yesterday (9/23/08) about the economic crisis and the possible legislation that Congress is debating.  A reporter asked if he would go to Washington to cast a vote on whatever agreement was reached.  His answer was (my paraphrase) that, if the vote looked like it was going to be close, he would go.  Otherwise, he would continue campaigning.  I was offended by that response.

Today, John McCain announced that he would suspend his campaign to go to Washington to take part in the debate/discussion/resolution of the immediate economic crisis.  He also called for the 1st debate, scheduled for Friday, to be postponed – not cancelled, mind you – just moved to a later time.  Almost immediately, the media and the democrats started accusing McCain of using this as a political ploy to play games.

Maybe I am too naive for my own good but, isn’t he already a U.S. Senator?  Isn’t the job of a U.S. Senator to participate in the business of the Senate?  Isn’t the pending economic bailout legislation part of Senate business?

Why wouldn’t John McCain (and Barack Obama and Joe Biden, also U.S. Senators) want to be there?  Don’t they feel some sort of obligation to do the jobs they currently hold instead of only focusing on the ones they HOPE to hold?

When it’s all said and done, the economy may be the issue that loses the election for John McCain.  Whether he’s elected or not, I give him credit for showing up to work and doing his job, regardless of what that means for his campaign!