McCain Boasted He Passed Bailout As House Vote Went Down In Flames

MSNBC has already shown the footage. McCain did this in Columbus, OH where yesterday he stood up an entire hand-picked “Town Hall” audience with no notice and no explanation for his actions.

Shortly before the vote, McCain had bragged about his involvement and mocked Sen. Barack Obama for staying on the sidelines.

“I’ve never been afraid of stepping in to solve problems for the American people, and I’m not going to stop now,” McCain told a rally in Columbus, Ohio. “Sen. Obama took a very different approach to the crisis our country faced. At first he didn’t want to get involved. Then he was monitoring the situation.”
McCain, grinning, flashed a sarcastic thumbs up.

“That’s not leadership. That’s watching from the sidelines,” he added to cheers and applause.

McCain seized the credit for “leadership” on the House vote passage, and it in fact did not pass. He politicized the moment, and took the losing side as well. And it’s on videotape.