About Canceling the Debate

Has John McCain stepped in it again?

Does he think these places that host Presidential debates just rearrange tables and chairs in the church basement? Surprise! Ole Miss is definitely not happy with this turn of events. That's $5.5 million worth of rearranged tables for them.

McCain canceled tonight's appearance on Letterman, too. He apparently called Letterman to say he had to fly back to Washington immediately (to handle the financial Crisis! Crisis! We're in a Crisis!). Only problem being that he then headed to CBS News for an interview with Katie Couric. Which Letterman discovered, and tuned the studio monitors in to. Definitely worth watching:



And finally, there's this from CNN:

McCain supporter Sen. Lindsey Graham tells CNN the McCain campaign is proposing to the Presidential Debate Commission and the Obama camp that if there's no bailout deal by Friday, the first presidential debate should take the place of the VP debate, currently scheduled for next Thursday, October 2 in St. Louis.

In this scenario, the vice presidential debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin would be rescheduled for a date yet to be determined, and take place in Oxford, Mississippi, currently slated to be the site of the first presidential faceoff this Friday.

Is this whole postponing the debate thing really about Sarah Palin not being ready yet?

Watch Palin's interview with Katie Couric, then you tell me: