First presidential debate is on as McCain reverses position and agrees to participate

First presidential debate is on as McCain reverses position and agrees to participate

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WASHINGTON (AP) _ Republican John McCain agreed to attend the first presidential debate Friday night even though Congress doesn't have a bailout deal, reversing an earlier decision to delay the event until Washington had taken action to address the crisis.

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With less than 10 hours until the debate was scheduled to start, the McCain campaign announced that the Arizona senator would travel to the University of Mississippi. The campaign said that afterward McCain would fly back to Washington to continue working on the financial crisis.

Obama had always planned to attend the debate and was onboard his plane preparing to take off when McCain's announcement was made.

It seems that the McCain campaign could not weather the criticisms.
DocMoreau



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