Jake Tapper joins the consensus that McCain's political grandstanding had no effect on the bailout negotiations at all. House Republicans were going to revolt regardless of his presence. Which creates an interesting question on the campaign's prep work. McCain came to that meeting without a substantive position to articulate. Reports are that he was largely silent. He came to that meeting without a solid understanding of the political dynamics, and was caught in the middle of a Republican rebellion. Who's running the show over there? Or is the campaign just flailing?
