McCain reverses course on bailout credit

Republican presidential nominee John McCain on Thursday reversed course and claimed credit for bringing House Republicans back to the negotiating table as Congress worked on a Wall Street bailout. 

{mosads}The Arizona senator told Fox News that he was “very helpful in getting the House Republicans at the table that had not been there,” adding that he is “proud to have played a role in this.”

McCain’s comments stand in contrast with what he said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.” At the time, he indicated that it was not his involvement that brought GOP lawmakers to the negotiating table.

“It wasn’t because of me that the Republicans in the House of Representatives got into the negotiating and bargaining, which was vital,” McCain said, adding that the House GOP “did it themselves. And I'm proud of the work that they did.”

In the ABC interview, McCain also said he “won't claim a bit of credit” for his work and stated that “the people up on the Hill deserve great credit that conducted these negotiations.”