After a week in which they blamed Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and other Democrats for the failure of the bailout bill, and in which they attacked the bill itself, the McCain campaign shifts to a bipartisan message and softer tone in their latest ad, released hours before a new vote and the expected passage of the bill. On September 29, after Congress voted against the bill, the McCain campaign released a statement, "Barack Obama failed to lead, phoned it in, attacked John McCain, and refused to even say if he supported the final bill. This bill failed because Barack Obama and the Democrats put politics ahead of country." A few hours later, McCain said "Now is not the time to fix the blame. It's time to fix the problem."

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