A touch of hostility Toad, go back and read what I wrote. Don't see where I claimed McCain said he derailed anything, just pointed out what ranking Dems were saying.

Here's some excerpts from a Wall Street Journal article on the 25th, and I believe Harry Reid (God help Y'all) qualifies as Dem leadership. Interesting that BO had to be 'invited' to return for the bailout negotiations.

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Blame Game Begins as Bailout Proposal Fizzles

Susan Davis reports on Congress.

Congressional Democratic leaders wasted no time pointing the blame at House Republicans and in particular Republican presidential candidate John McCain after a tentative deal on the $700 billion financial sector bailout proposal blew up following an afternoon meeting at the White House.

“I would suggest that anyone in that meeting who tried to understand what John McCain said at that meeting, couldn’t,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada told reporters Thursday evening.

McCain suspended his campaign to return to Washington D.C. to take part in negotiations on the bailout. Barack Obama also returned after President Bush requested he attend today’s meeting. Reid suggested McCain’s return injected politics in to the negotiations. McCain was the last one to speak at the White House meeting, Reid said, and he “didn’t say anything substantive.”

“John McCain did nothing to help, he only hurt the process,” Reid said, further chastising McCain for calling for a delay in Friday’s presidential debate in Mississippi. “We should not let this little effort to avoid participating in the debates sidetrack this most important issue,” Reid said.
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