Heads I win, tails you lose

It seems that John McCain took credit for the successful passage of the bailout earlier today, while speaking in Columbus, OH. He was a true leader who brought all parties together.
From Politico:

"I've never been afraid of stepping in to solve problems for the American people, and I'm not going to stop now...”

Obama, on the other hand, was supposedly too afraid to put country first:

“Sen. Obama took a very different approach to the crisis our country faced. At first he didn't want to get involved. Then he was monitoring the situation.” McCain, grinning, flashed a sarcastic thumbs up. “That's not leadership. That's watching from the sidelines,” he added to cheers and applause.

After the bill failed to pass in the House, McCain's campaign blamed Obama and the Democrats, even though two thirds of the Republicans voted "no":

“This bill failed because Barack Obama and the Democrats put politics ahead of country.” — McCain-Palin senior policy adviser Doug Holtz-Eakin

So if the bill had passed, it would have been because John McCain is a terrific leader who put country first and brought everyone together. But since the bill failed it must be because Obama and Democrats were too partisan to put country first-- even though most Democrats voted for it, and most Republicans voted against it.

Hmm. In the words of David Letterman, "This doesn't smell right."