Disdain Is Plain While McCain Eats Chow Mein

So John McCain threatened to derail the first debate because he had to attend bailout negotiations in person-- conducting business by phone just wasn't good enough. Really? ThinkProgress has the details:

After declaring he’d return to Washington to help with the bailout negotiations immediately after last night’s debate, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) never went to Capitol Hill today. In fact, McCain stayed largely holed up in his Arlington apartment, leaving only to go to his campaign headquarters just around the block, the New York Times reports:

Asked why Mr. McCain did not go to Capitol Hill after coming back to Washington to help with negotiations, [McCain adviser] Mr. Salter replied that “he can effectively do what he needs to do by phone.’’

Politico had even more details on how Brother John spent his Saturday night. It wasn't spent on the Hill negotiation or even working the phones:

As his colleagues worked on the deal at the Capitol Saturday night, McCain and his wife, Cindy, dined with Sen. Joe Lieberman and his wife, Hadassah, at Cafe Mozu inside Washington’s Mandarin Oriental Hotel.