Am I just being cynical here?

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There is a crisis on Wall Street.  Banks are failing, major financial institutions seem suddenly to be ready to go the way of the dodo.  Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson throws together a quick, short proposal that basically says "Give me $700 billion, more if I want it, don't ask any questions about what I'm going to do with it and give it to me NOW!" and Congress huddles to figure out what to do.  Just as they come to a bipartisan agreement, John - I can only handle one thing at a time! - McCain rides his white-haired horse into Washington and says "Whoa there!  I haven't given this my blessing!" and suddenly all is chaos again.  Our President sits quietly for the most part, not saying much of anything, seemingly having already passed the torch to McPalin.

So... am I being cynical if I think that maybe - just maybe - this whole thing was engineered by the White House and the demonic powers that be to make McBush look like a maveric again?  Send Congress a proposal that they KNOW will be rejected - no oversight, bailing out the fat cats with no thought for Mr. and Mrs. Joe Main Street - JUST so that McCain can rush in and look like a white knight battling the stalwarts of his own party once again to bring justice and joy to the common folk?

But then some would say I am a cynic.