Check out these timelines:
From The Obama Campaign:
At 8:30 this morning, Senator Obama called Senator McCain to ask him if he would join in issuing a joint statement outlining their shared principles and conditions for the Treasury proposal and urging Congress and the White House to act in a bipartisan manner to pass such a proposal. At 2:30 this afternoon, Senator McCain returned Senator Obama’s call and agreed to join him in issuing such a statement. The two campaigns are currently working together on the details.
From the McCain Campaign:
Senator Obama phoned Senator McCain at 8:30 am this morning but did not reach him. The topic of Senator Obama’s call to Senator McCain was never discussed. Senator McCain was meeting with economic advisers and talking to leaders in Congress throughout the day prior to calling Senator Obama. At 2:30 pm, Senator McCain phoned Senator Obama and expressed deep concern that the plan on the table would not pass as it currently stands. He asked Senator Obama to join him in returning to Washington to lead a bipartisan effort to solve this problem.
-– Now I saw this play out as it happened on TV yesterday. Was it just me or did not this news break until the 4 pm hour? Before the sun even even went down yesterday certain media outlets were rearranging the timeline of how this happened to make it look like it was all McCain’s idea to meet in the first place despite what Obama’s camp said. Am I right or am I wrong? Did anyone else notice that?
~LT
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