debate flip-flop - McCain will be there

The debate is on; McCain agrees to participate

WASHINGTON - Republican John McCain agreed to attend the first presidential debate Friday night even though Congress doesn't have a bailout deal, reversing an earlier decision to delay the forum until Washington had addressed the financial crisis.

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I guess he realized that this silly stunt failed miserably and that he would look like a coward if he didn't show up. Though, I doubt that he ever really didn't mean to appear.

Even Huckabee thinks it was a mistake:
Huckabee calls McCain’s debate ploy a ‘huge mistake.’
(Think Progress)