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BTW, this whole thing of "Barak's not doing enough" and "McCain's not doing enough"....it is pretty evident what happened here. McCain thought he could at least appear to take charge and take credit for getting this plan done and be all Presidential. But a) He over-played his hand by suspending his campaign and trying to cancel the debate. It ended up being very unpopular. b) He got there and saw the deal that was and then wasn't. He wasn't forging any consensus among the house GOP and anybody. c) His people started pointing out to him this bill is very unpopular. If he leads the way on this, he will get the blame for it.
So now it is, "The Dems have the vote. Just let them pass it." The GOP would love Obama to go in to take the lead on this, and let be all over him. And as for Obama? He wants it passed, but don't expect him to openly stump on it. He doesn't want this to be the "Obama plan" any more than McCain wants this to be the "McCain plan".
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