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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman
McCain is weasel. I like how the importance of Senate business wasn't important enough for either one to not seek the job of President, but suddenly is when McCain knows he's going to be trounced in debates that are likely to be largely about the very economic disaster that his role as a Senator has contributed to and that he would be hard pressed to explain away.
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I don't think McCain thought he was going to get trounced. Particularly if the debate Friday was scheduled to be on froeign policy, as I've heard it was to be. Also, as noted by press releases and columns from the McCain campaign, they have at least a decent shield considering his expressed concern and proposed legislation 3 years ago on Fannie and Freddie.
I also believe that normal day to day business of the senate is probably not vitally important be present for every second of. A national emergency is somewhat different and their presence I believe is more important than usual.
That being said, I still agree this is a political consideration. I don't think the level of importance of senate business really comes into play as a good argument here as this is definitely more important than 99.9% of the issues debated on a day to day basis.