Posted by
BrianW on Friday, September 26, 2008 11:09:51 AM
Late this morning Sen. Barack Obama left Washington with the intention of attending tonight's scheduled debate at the University of Mississippi. John McCain, however, is apparently undecided as to whether or not he will attend.
In an address Wednesday, Senator McCain suggested that the debate be postponed until after a solution deal to the current financial crisis is agreed upon by both houses of Congress.
I strongly urge Senator McCain to attend the debate tonight. The ammunition against him will be much stronger if Sen. Obama debates an empty chair than it will be if he leaves Washington for a few hours to debate Obama. Regardless of his decision the media is likely to paint McCain as weak and unfit, so at this point his best course of action is to attend and have his voice heard on these important issues.