McCain Camp: Obama did call @ 8:30 this morning - but never reached McCain

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http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/?loc=interstitialskip

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Earlier, Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton issued a statement about a call Obama made to McCain this morning to suggest they issue a joint statement about the financial crisis. Now, McCain campaign spokesman Brian Rogers has issued a statement about the sequence of events from the Republican nominee's point of view:

"Senator Obama phoned Senator McCain at 8:30 am this morning but did not reach him," Rogers said. "The topic of Senator Obama’s call to Senator McCain was never discussed.

"Senator McCain was meeting with economic advisers and talking to leaders in Congress throughout the day prior to calling Senator Obama.

"At 2:30 pm, Senator McCain phoned Senator Obama and expressed deep concern that the plan on the table would not pass as it currently stands. He asked Senator Obama to join him in returning to Washington to lead a bipartisan effort to solve this problem."