A reader points out that the Associated Press has acquired the ability to read the minds of both John McCain and Barack Obama:

McCain hoped voters would believe that he rose above politics to wade into successful, nitty-gritty dealmaking at a time of urgent crisis, but he risked being seen instead as either overly impulsive or politically craven, or both. Obama saw a chance to appear presidential and fit for duty but was also caught off guard strategically by McCain’s surprising gamble in saying he was suspending his campaigning and asking to delay Friday night’s debate to focus on the crisis.

Just to reiterate the obvious point: we all can speculate about the strategic calculations of the candidates, but no one knows what McCain “hoped” or Obama “saw.”