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Democrats blame McCain for impasse
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Posted by Foon Rhee, deputy national political editor
September 26, 2008 11:01 AM
Democrats continued to rip John McCain today, accusing him of helping unravel a possible Wall Street bailout deal.
Senator Harry Reid, the top Democrat in the US Senate, said it's time for the presidential candidates to leave the negotiating table.
"The insertion of presidential politics has not been helpful. It has been harmful," Reid told reporters.
Of McCain, he said, "All he has done is stand in front of the cameras. We still don't know where he stands on the issue."
McCain reportedly met this morning with Mitch McConnell, the top Republican in the Senate, and John Boehner, the House Republican leader who has been leading the opposition to the proposed deal.
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