McCain's latest move; brilliant or insane?

[RJ]

We're talking about suspending his campaign and postponing the debates until this "financial crisis" has a resolution, right? On paper, Obama and McCain are members of Congress until further notice, so it only makes sense that they should have some influence on what happens. Regardless of whether or not it's a "brilliant/foolish/risky political move" is irrelevant. I just didn't think it was really that noteworthy. I also don't believe for a second that any election campaign is going to actually be suspended.

As far as the move goes politically, I'm not sure how you'd evaluate it. McCain may be hoping people will recognize him as taking taking the lead on this issue and is putting his "country first". However, according to what I heard, Obama initially called him this morning(9/24) to discuss the issue, but Obama as of 7:00pm hadn't agreed to anything as far as calling a truce or postponing the debate.  Also, what are the VP picks supposed to do? Are ads supposed to stop airing until this gets resolved?

I don't think postponing Friday's appointment will really help/hurt either campaign. I'm not sure how Obama will come off continuing to campaign and take shots at a "defenseless" campaign. I'm not sure how McCain is supposed to be verbally basted and have no response. I'm not sure how it'd look if 1 candidate participated in this while another one doesn't. If it's a campaign risk, I think it's part of the incidental campaigning.