Thank You So Much Senator McCain

Nice job, Mr. "Country First." You "suspended" your campaign to "rush" back to Washington. You have no time to debate because of the economic crisis. You were in such a rush to make it back to D.C. from New York (a one hour flight) yet you found time to stop to talk to Katie Couric, to stay overnight in a New York hotel, and to give a speech before the Clinton Global Initiative the next morning. (Hmmmm, a speech, is that campaigning?) Your rush back to D.C. took approximately 20 hours. You've injected presidential politics into a national crisis and, by most accounts, you still have yet to make it known what you even want in the economic bailout plan. By God, you're back in time for the photo op, though.

Meanwhile, while you were hanging around hoping to take credit for a deal you had no part in, Washington Mutual, the nation's largest Savings & Loan collapses. At what point should I go empty the bank, stuff everything under a mattress, and go buy a bunch of bottled water, canned goods and a shotgun? Or, should I count on the strong "fundamentals" of our economy?