Spinning victory out of utter defeat

By Creature

I guess we all had it wrong. John McCain didn't blow the bailout deal, he paved the way for a new better one. Except not.

Here's the positive spin from House Republican Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO) [via AMERICAblog]:

"I do think that John McCain was very helpful in what he did. I saw him this morning, we've been talking with his staff. Clearly, yesterday, his position in that discussion yesterday was one that stopped a deal from, uh, finalizing that no House Republican, in my view, would've been for. Which means it probably wouldn't have passed the House. Now, Democrats are in the majority, they can pass anything they want to without a single Republican vote. But they don't seem to be willing to do that. I'm please we can have negotiations now that guess us back to things that we think can protect the taxpayers better, create more options, are, frankly, be better understood in the country than the plan, than the path that we were on just a couple of days ago."

And here's the McCain campaign's spin on how John McCain didn't blow the whole damn deal up [via TwoGlasses]:

"The difference between Barack Obama and John McCain was apparent during the White House meeting yesterday where Barack Obama's priority was political posturing in his opening monologue defending the package as it stands. John McCain listened to all sides so he could help focus the debate on finding a bipartisan resolution that is in the interest of taxpayers and homeowners. The Democratic interests stood together in opposition to an agreement that would accommodate additional taxpayer protections."

No. No. No. Up is down all over again. I really can't take much more of this.

(Cross-posted at State of the Day.)