McCain wants to cancel the first debate and move it to the Vice Presidential debate. Moving that debate into the future.
Talk about killing two birds with one stone--in addition to McCain's avoiding his debate in the face of falling poll numbers, after Palin's day of near-silent photo-ops at the U.N., attempting to also give Palin more time to prepare.
As suggested by Dana Milbank on CNN, there's an easy solution--just let Palin debate this Friday night.
The fundamentals of the debate are strong!