But, he did discover the telephone:
"Indeed, news accounts of what occured during the bailout negotiation suggest that McCain played a passive and, perhaps, even detrimental role in the process. According to an account in the New York Times on Saturday, while officials were working out a compromise, McCain spent most of his day in his home in Virginia and, alternatively, at his campaign office.
"He's calling members on both sides, talking to people in the administration, helping out as he can,'' said Mark Salter, McCain's close adviser. "He can effectively do what he needs to do by phone.''
Wait, wasn't that Sen. Obama's position a few days ago???
But, they don't seem to use the phone to talk to each other:
"And yet, despite his own aide admitting that he worked through telecommunications, McCain declared on ABC that he came back to Washington because he "wasn't going to phone it in."
"America is in a crisis of almost unprecedented proportions," he said. "I should be doing whatever little I can to help this process."
McCain Camp Can't Get Story Straight On Bailout
"It was all a very a perplexing rendering of events. The truth was that, at the very moment a final compromise on the package was being reach, McCain and his wife, along with Sen. Joseph Lieberman and his, were caught dining in a posh Washington D.C. hotel."
Sounds like a great dining experience though...
As Negotiators Struck Bailout Deal, McCain Dined At Opulent DC Hotel
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