Do you remember when John McCain put out his ads saying he had won the debates before they had even taken place?

Then, during the debates, John McCain took credit for putting a deal together with House Republicans, so that the bailout would pass.

This morning John McCain again prematurely congratulated himself on his work to get the bailout passed while criticizing Barack Obama, saying that he was standing on the sidelines.

Neither Barack Obama nor John McCain were on the Senate banking committee responsible for producing a bail-out package.  John McCain wasn’t even allowed into the committee chambers, and did not arrive in Washington until an agreement had already been reached, yet he was taking credit for the bailout.

Well, after all of his bragging, chest thumping, and ridicule of Barack Obama, the financial bailout measure failed to pass today, leaving McCain looking more sheepish and childish than ever.  He had no statement as he got onto his Snake-Talk Express airplane a few minutes ago.

While the Democrats produced two-thirds of their caucus to vote for essentially a Republican plan, John Boehner was only able to muster one-third of his Republican caucus to vote for the plan. 

Yes, it was a failure of Republican leadership, but the egg is on John McCain’s face, and he knows it.