No Free Riders

TW: mentioned yesterday this bailout would have to be bi-partisan otherwise they (both parties) all know they leave themselves open to "doing the right thing" by voting for a painful bill while the other guys claim they could have done better

From ABC:
"Congressional leaders tell George Stephanopoulos that if Sen. John McCain doesn't support the Bush administration's $700 billion bank bailout plan, the plan won't pass.

Said one lawmaker: 'If McCain doesn't come out for this, it's over.'

'A Democratic leadership source says that White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten has been told that Democratic votes will not be there if McCain votes no -- that there is no deal if McCain doesn't go along.' '