Last Thursday Sen. John McCain dropped everything to come to Washington DC to solve the Wall Street meltdown.  The Arizona senator cancelled his appearance on David Letterman, appeared on CBS, suspended his campaign, and immediately came to Capitol Hill for a meeting with President Bush.  Then on Sunday McCain and his senior campaign manager took full credit for the bipartisan agreement that came about on Sunday evening.  McCain patted himself on the back for bringing House Republicans to the negotiation table.  Leadership.  Monday the Republicans voted the bill down.  Why?  Because their feelings were hurt.  Give me a break.  These people were elected to be stewards of the American economy as well as the American public as a whole.  You do not abdicate from that fundamental responsibility because your feelings got hurt.  It appears that Republicans have put their interest in being re-elected above the interest of the American people.  If John McCain, as an aspiring official leader of the republican party, cannot even unify his own party for the benefit of  the nation, what kind of leader will he be in the White House?  By the way, where is the current leader…..President Bush?  Why was he unable to rally his party behind this bill that he claims is essential to stabilize our financial markets?  This is President Bush’s proposal yet his own party will not support it.