After suggesting they might skip it, both presidential candidates committed Monday to returning to Washington to vote on the controversial mortgage bailout plan that the Senate will consider as soon as Wednesday.
Jill Hazelbaker, the campaign communications director for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), told Fox News: “He’ll be there to vote on the bill.”
“He expects to be able to support this bill, but we need to see what emerges from the Senate,” Hazelbaker said. “We have not heard much from Barack Obama. We still do not know whether or not he intends to come back to Washington.”
But a spokesman for Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) said he, too, will return to Washington for the historic vote.
On Sunday, McCain said on ABC’s “This Week” that congressional negotiators deserve “great credit” for the bipartisan deal. “"It wasn’t because of me,” McCain said. “They did it themselves.”
But Hazelbaker, like senior campaign adviser Steve Schmidt on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, said the deal would not have happened “without Sen. McCain.”
“Sen. McCain interrupted his campaign, suspended his campaign activity to come back to Washington to get Republicans around a table,” Hazelbaker said. “Without Sen. McCain, House Republicans would not have appointed a negotiator, which would not have moved this bill forward.
“It’s really Sen. McCain who got all parties around a table to hammer out a deal that hopefully is in the best interests of the American taxpayer.”
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Umm...I think that McCain is not tryin to help everyone and that he is only tryin to help the rich become richer and the poor become poorer..(if thats a word.And that bill probably was part of McCains doing he known for doin what ever he wants and ignoring is presidential party.
i think that senator mccaine will get a lot more support from voters if this does do the american tax payer some good. I also think, that if this makes it worse for the tax payers or if something goes wrong with it he will lose alot of votes
Wow, McCaine has been impressing me a great deal lately with his concern for America. Some say it's him delaying time with his campaigning but I truly think he cares for the economy in our nation. He got everyone to sit down and just think this problem out, I am also happy with Obama promising his vote for the bill which is another caring act from both of this candidates that will soon become the leader of our nation:)
“It’s really Sen. McCain who got all parties around a table to hammer out a deal that hopefully is in the best interests of the American taxpayer.” By this quote i think that senator McCain will have alot of support through the election. If Barack doesnt go back to Washington to vote. That might just hurt him in some ways. The election is already not a fair election. McCain and the rest of the party will say just about anything.
I really think that this "vow" will help make em or break em (excuse the cliche). If either of the candidates don't vote this bill through, then they are probably gonna lose alot of votes. On the other hand, if they do, then they will probably get those votes that will help them win the presidency.
I do think it is great that both MaCain and Obama went back to vote because potential presidents no voting for somethinf is in so many ways weird. Also, I think MaCain should start backing up all of the things that he decides he wants to support not say "it wasn't me". He is so fake he needs to get a grip on himself.
I think that by publicizing this event McCain will be getting alot of support from undecided voters that are worried about the economy.
Hmmm... I think this could go both ways. If McCain is really serious about the economy and if this helps out tax payers then he'll get alot of voters. On the other hand, if this makes things worse, he could maybe lose the election.
Sen McCain in my opinion is trying to use the bailout as a option to boost his campaign. He is in a way trying to manipulate the situation of leaving his campaign in rescue of the big companies. He wants to help the economy yet he is trying to get a bill passed for so many billions of dollars to say the big guys on top. By taking away the money of taxpayers and using it to say those who are making the economy worse isnt logical.
soooo...i pretty much think that senator mccain is just trying to buy our support. Most americans are way in debt and are having alot of troubles with money and with the new problems of banks they are facing possibly having to lose everything. McCain is just trying to play to the voters appeal. But i am impressed that he is taking a stand for this bill, because i think it is something the country needes.
Yes, Mccain did suspend his campaign to attempt to obtain more votes, plain and simple. He had nothing to do with this bill. He and his campaign speakers have took the offensive to accuse Obama of just sitting around "Observing". We all know that Obama is not sitting around, he is doing exactly what he should be doing, which is running his campaign successfuly. He doesnt need to suspend his campaign to pretend to help the American People. When there is this many people depending on him in this time of need he feels obliged to do what is best for the future. McCain knew deep down that this bill was not going to pass but yet he attempted to care. Of course, the bill didnt pass and McCain had nothing to say about the bill being denied. I wonder who is really sitting around and observing?
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