By Angelica Guevara

    McCains' decision to suspend his campaign shocked and awed on Wednesday in order to pass a $700 billion bailout plan for Wall Street with hopes to rescue the economy from chaos and turmoil. McCain stated that he will not attend Friday's presidential debate if no deal is reached in Washington.  "It is time to rise above politics for the good of the country" McCain stated adding that Washington needs "all hands on deck".

    What appears to be McCains' selfless decision to save Americans from an economic crisis looming in the future, could be a very well masked ploy to boost his numbers in the polls portraying himself as the Superman of Washington, ready to stop the speeding train of economic crisis. Despite this notion, Senator McCain has stated that he would "rather lose an election than watch the American economy falter". Which John McCain can Americans believe: the McCain who truly puts his country first or the McCain who is dropping in the polls?

    Newt Gingrich, former speaker of the house stated that McCain's decision to suspend his campaign is the "greatest single act of responsibility ever taken by a presidential candidate". McCain adviser Nancy Pfotenhauer said McCain is just following his belief in putting the country first. "This is vintage McCain" she stated, adding, "He is going to put the country first and suspend the campaign." Congressional leaders said late Wednesday they were making progress on the legislation, as Bush gave a prime-time address urging them to pass the package quickly to avoid a "long and painful recession."

    However, all is not sunny on the McCain camp. Joe Biden has accused the Republicans of looking for a distraction and trying to buy more time for Palin. ""They don't want to debate the issues with us," he stated Thursday in Louisville, Kentucky. "They don't want to debate the issues ... because they know they really literally don't have a political leg to stand on." stated Biden. Conservative writer Matt Lewis called the notion that McCain is afraid to debate "laughable", adding "Everybody knows that John McCain is very, very good at actually taking tough questions. I think what we have seen here today and yesterday, though, is an example of a statesmen," he said. Keith Boykin, a Democratic strategist stated "I think it shows that John McCain is becoming increasingly desperate in his campaign".

    Barak Obama, however, is stuck in the middle.  On one hand, if he does not return to Washington to push for the bailout plan, he will be deemed unpatriotic and will risk dropping in the polls. On the other hand, if he does follow McCain to Washington, voters will switch to trusting McCain with matters of economics than Obama through McCain's initiative. Obama's capaign has taken the safest path and states that they can take care of the bailout proposal and still hold the first presidential debate.  Robert Gibbs, Obama's top adviser said "I think we can do both of these things at the same time. The next president is going to face multiple crises on the same day," on CNN's "American Morning", adding, "we've got a presidential debate scheduled. We've got a stage. We'll have an audience. My guess is we'll have a moderator and at least one of the presidential candidates," Gibbs said.  Republican strategist Bay Buchanan said that in considering that Obama and McCain are senators, then both candidates should focus on the bailout plan. "They should be doing their job, especially at a time of crises when their vote, when their leadership could really make a difference in this bill," she stated. "These fellows are the senators. It is their responsibility. It's what we pay them to do."