The statement he offered today suggests so:
I am calling on the President to convene a meeting with the leadership from both houses of Congress, including Senator Obama and myself. It is time for both parties to come together to solve this problem. We must meet as Americans, not as Democrats or Republicans, and we must meet until this crisis is resolved. I am directing my campaign to work with the Obama campaign and the commission on presidential debates to delay Friday night’s debate until we have taken action to address this crisis. I am confident that before the markets open on Monday we can achieve consensus on legislation that will stabilize our financial markets, protect taxpayers and homeowners, and earn the confidence of the American people. All we must do to achieve this is temporarily set politics aside, and I am committed to doing so.
As Jennifer Rubin notes, this poses an interesting conundrum for the Obama campaign:
Will Obama follow suit and disrupt his debate prep? It will be hard to say no, yet odd to follow meekly behind McCain’s invitation.
More importantly, this offers perhaps the best hope we have for a solution that will actually get us through the current crisis—especially if Sen. Obama follows suit, but maybe even if he doesn’t.Update: Duane Patterson sums this up nicely.