McCain seeks to postpone this Friday's presidential debate

John McCain said in a statement today that he will be temporarily suspend his presidential campaign effective tomorrow and that he would also like to postpone the first presidential debate. This decision was made in light of the current economic crisis.

Is postponing the presidential debate a good idea? My thought is that McCain is attempting to show that he's willing to put "country first" by saying that he wants to take this time to deal with the financial crisis instead of focusing on this campaign. On the other hand, ditching out on the presidential debate seems like a bit of a cop out and raises some obvious questions. Is McCain not prepared for the debate and using the financial crisis as an excuse? The topic of this Friday's debate is national security.

I'll be disappointed if the debate is postponed. I think both McCain and Obama should show they can manage to juggle complicated issues simultaneously and move forward with the debate. After all, the president is responsible for making decisions on a whole host of complicated issues at the same time.