He wanted to delay one debate. He wanted to gather special public attention to present himself as the savior of the nation. what he really is described to have caused just supports earlier info I read that suggests that economics are a field where McCain simply taps around almpost blindly, having no clue of what, where, why and when. I take note of that whenever economics are being talked of, he remains even more vague and evasive than Obama.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...l?hpid=topnews
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/26/us...hp&oref=slogin