Undecided Voters Want More Specifics, Obama listens:

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John McCain sat for well over an hour and didn’t say a word. Finally Senator Obama said, “Can we hear from Senator McCain?”, and he didn’t say anything of substance, literally. That meeting at the White House was a waste of time. And what I said after the meeting and I say right now, “Tell John McCain to keep out of these negotiations”….

I know John McCain. John McCain does not have the temperament to be president of the United States and he has proven that in the last week. He’s wrong on the war, wrong on the economy, he’s wrong on many issues that are so important to the American people. And he is erratic.

McCain has been harmful, not helpful.

The House Republicans’ revolt shocked Democrats; the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, said later that he was under the impression that Mr. Boehner had been a strong advocate for moving forward with the Paulson plan. Mr. Frank, who attended the White House meeting, was shocked as well. “We were ready to make a deal,” Mr. Frank said later. At 8 p.m., an exasperated Mr. Frank walked back to the Rules Committee room on the second floor of the Senate side of the Capitol, with a pack of reporters on his heels. He was headed for another late-night meeting with Mr. Paulson and many other lawmakers to see whether they could restart the negotiations — and ward off a Friday morning bloodbath in the markets.

“If money isn’t loosened up, this sucker could go down,” President Bush declared Thursday as he watched the $700 billion bailout package fall apart before his eyes, according to one person in the room.