Stepping away.
Hear McCain's statement.
From our Reuters feed:
NEW YORK, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Republican presidential
candidate John McCain on Wednesday said he will break off from
campaigning to help on a Wall Street rescue plan and asked that
a Friday night debate with Democrat Barack Obama be postponed.
McCain, in a statement to reporters, said he would suspend
his campaign on Thursday to return to Washington and called on
Obama to join him, saying he had spoken to the Democrat.
He said he did not believe a current $700 billion rescue
plan would pass the U.S. Congress in its current form. He urged
President George W. Bush to call for a bipartisan meeting of
lawmakers to try to find an agreement.
"It's time for both parties to come together to solve this
problem," he said.
McCain wants to suspend Friday's planned debate with Barack Obama. NPR's politics blog, Vox Politics, has the latest.







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