Debate, or no debate...

So John McCain wants to weasel out on the debate for tonight. He seems to do a lot of canceling. I'm of course thinking of the convention that he shortened due to the weather elsewhere in the country. This time he wants to reschedule due to economic conditions...huh? Congress is considering what to do, and John McCain wants to concentrate on the crisis. Shouldn't he have already been briefed? Wouldn't this debate be a good opportunity to explain to us taxpayers just what is going on? How did we get in this mess, and how much it's going to cost us to get us out. What's the plan? Personally, I'd like something a little more comprehensive than a public impression of Salome. To my mind, when you're in a crisis, might be best not to fire the person most likely to be able to do something about it. I'm not an economist, or a politician, and who can really say, what a good idea is or isn't. But why not have a public conversation about it? It's possible that some of us, just may learn something.