The worst thing about John McCain's silly idea to suspend his campaign until an economic package is hammered out is that it's adding to the panic. Remember the story of Chicken Little? In that story, Foxy Loxy uses the panic generated by Chicken Little to get everyone into his den for dinner. And in a crisis, McCain is proving to be another Chicken Little (or maybe George W. Bush), running willy-nilly right into Foxy's den.
As Rep. Mike Pence (R-Indiana) said, "I must tell you, there are those in the public debate who have said that we must act now. The last time I heard that, I was on a used-car lot."
Or, what about Reason Magazine: "If we're talking about restructuring the next couple of decades worth of financial rules, the discussion probably ought to take as long as, I don't know, all the good conversation that went into passage of The PATRIOT Act or something."
Incidentally, Reason is 40 years old this year, and well worth a subscription.