McCain: Mission Accomplished!

As you know, John McCain announced on Wednesday that he absolutely could not possibly attend tonight's debate -- or indeed participate in any campaign activity -- until a bill to rescue the economy got done.

It certainly hasn't looked good; last night -- 10 days into the negotiations -- House Republicans suddenly introduced a completely different scheme from the one everybody had been working on, and refused to discuss it.

Yet minutes ago, the McCain campaign announced that their man is ready to debate. Why?

He is optimistic that there has been significant progress toward a bipartisan agreement now that there is a framework for all parties to be represented in negotiations.

Hooray! A framework for negotiations -- why, I'll bet the markets jump for joy at that alone! 

Read the entire BS-filled announcement here.