McCain

I think there has been a misunderstanding on what John McCain's job and/or position was on this bailout of the financial institutions. When Senator Harry Reid called McCain back to Washington saying that he was the only person who could get the bill passed, he should have been more careful of what he wished.

Harry Reid wanted John McCain to come to Washington to give his blessing to the Paulson/Bush/democrat approved pork filled bill that would have cost the tax payers somewhere in the area of one trillion dollars. Well, John McCain had a plan of his own. After much arguing under a Senator Obama led meeting (showing he was way over his head), John McCain backed the house republican plan led by John Boehnor for a free market plan - not a bailout - of the financial markets.

Basically, the dems of the house and senate kept the republicans out of any negotiations regarding the bailout. They thought they had the upper hand with the President and Paulson. All they needed was John McCain to put the deal through. This deal, by the way, had 20% of the 700 billion going to ACORN. ACORN is a "community organization that Barack Obama used to work with and continues to support. They are under investigation concerning voter fraud. Why would any bill for bailing out Wall Street have a provision for funding this far-left organization?

I don't know why President Bush is putting his name on this horrible policy, but I am thankful that Senator McCain had the guts to stand against this bailout and give Boehnor and the house a chance to fix the mess on Wall Street (although I personally think that we should let the markets fall or rise where they may).