McCain suspends campaign and could rise because of it

September 24, 4:20 PMPublicity ExaminerCarrol Van Stone

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John McCain suspends campaign

Republican nominee John McCain’s sudden announcement to suspend his presidential campaign until the financial crisis is resolved could be the jolt he needs to bring his campaign back to the top. 

By using the same crisis to stop his campaign that has apparently been the impetus for Barack Obama’s recent gains in the tracking polls, McCain may have shrewdly eclipsed the shift in the race.  Ironically, McCain’s plan to suspend his campaign could wind up being his stage to soar. Here’s how:

Instead of a freefall under the avalanche of poor poll numbers and the snowballing financial crisis, McCain may ride that very crisis to the top. He’s proposed Obama suspend his campaign as well, and asked for Friday’s first presidential debate to be postponed.