He’s for coal and then he’s against it. He’s against guns and now he’ll stop Obama if he tries to take his guns. Why should we believe what he says about the bailout?

“We had a deal this morning, it looked like, when I say we – the leadership of the House and the Senate, the Democrats had an agreement on this so-called bailout package and it looked like it was all going to be set,” Biden said at a fundraiser in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. “There was a call from the president – would Barack come to the White House with the Congressional leadership and sort of sign on the dotted line?”
But then the Republican nominee arrived and, Biden said, suddenly, for some reason, “things changed.”
“We were going to all put this behind us and then I’m told that things changed, that John McCain landed about four o’clock and all of a sudden, I don’t know what the reason, but some of the House Republicans decided that this, this wasn’t going to go forward, at least not, not right away.”
“It looked like the principles initially that were offered that they’re all agreed,” Biden said. “But that’s not happening right now and it’s a shame.”

There was no deal, it was the Democrats rushing to the mic before the WH meeting to claim that they solved the problem to make it look like McCain suspended his campaign for nothing. This is just partisan politics from a campaign that promised that they would set a new tone, they would reach across party lines and work in a bi-partisan manner. The Obama campaign couldn’t put politics aside for a day to solve what Warren Buffet called “an economic Pearl Harbor.” They are playing politics with a crisis and demonstrating yet again that they aren’t ready to take over the WH.
Here’s the McCain campaign’s take on the meeting:

To address our current financial crisis, John McCain suspended his campaign and returned to Washington, D.C., today to help build a bipartisan consensus for a proposal that would protect the American taxpayer.
Despite today’s news reports, there never existed a “deal,” but merely a proposal offered by a small, select group of Members of Congress. As of right now, there exists only a series of principles, including greater oversight and measures to address CEO pay. However, these principles do not enjoy a consensus in Congress.
At today’s cabinet meeting, John McCain did not attack any proposal or endorse any plan. John McCain simply urged that for any proposal to enjoy the confidence of the American people, stressing that all sides would have to cooperate and build a bipartisan consensus for a solution that protects taxpayers.
However, the Democrats allowed Senator Obama to run their side of the meeting. That did not work as the meeting quickly devolved into a contentious shouting match that did not seek to craft a bipartisan solution.
At this moment, the plan that has been put forth by the Administration does not enjoy the confidence of the American people as it will not protect that taxpayers and will sacrifice Main Street in favor of Wall Street.
The bottom line is that as of tonight, there are not enough Republican or Democrat votes for the current plan. However, we are still optimistic that a bipartisan solution will be found. Republicans and Democrats want a deal that will protect the taxpayers.
Tomorrow, John McCain will return to Capitol Hill where he will work with all sides to build a bipartisan solution that protects taxpayers and keeps Americans in their homes.

It’s amazing times when the most post-partisan politician is Bill Clinton:

“We know he didn’t do it because he’s afraid because Sen. McCain wanted more debates,” Clinton said, adding that he was “encouraged” by the joint statement from McCain and Sen. Barack Obama.
“You can put it off a few days the problem is it’s hard to reschedule those things,” Clinton said, “I presume he did that in good faith since I know he wanted — I remember he asked for more debates to go all around the country and so I don’t think we ought to overly parse that.”