This is such an obvious delaying tactic it's not even funny. Although Letterman got some yucks out of it:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/24/john-mccain-cancels-lette_n_128998.html
But seriously... the University of Mississippi has spent $5.5 million on setting up this debate, and they can't reschedule it. Maybe $5.5 million isn't a lot to John McCain (after all, he did say that you're middle class if you make less than $5 million), but it would be unfair to the college to cancel after they've fronted that much money. Besides, we have less than 40 days to go to the election, and he hasn't debated Obama once. I'm beginning to wonder if he's going to try to have Palin bow out of the vice presidential debate because he knows she's in no way, shape or form up to debating Biden, it would be a joke. We'll see...
But why suspend the whole campaign? I've noticed that they rarely let Palin out on the stump on her own, so I guess he had to suspend it rather than let her soldier on by herself. The polls are dipping for them, so is he thinking this is a way to shake things up, like he did when he picked Palin? Personally, I think this is going to backfire big-time for McCain. It makes him look like he's either trying to dodge debating Obama because he's not ready or that it's a political stunt. Either way, he loses.
UPDATE: Well, what a surprise! McCain is now proposing that the first presidential debate take the place of the vice presidential debate. Ha! Well, they've finally figured out what an airhead Sarah Palin is! (I refer you to the Katie Couric interview where she insists she has loads of foreign policy experience because Alaska is closest to Russia and shares a border with Canada. Wow. She cannot buy a clue, can she?) What do you want to bet they will try to run out the clock and the vice presidential debate will never happen at all? Any takers on 50 bucks?
