What Is McCain Thinking?

There has been much debate about what the McCain campaign was thinking in saying that it had suspended the campaign (while it didn't actually do this) and trying to postpone the debate. McCain has been extremely inconsistent in the last two weeks, and determining what the real reasons behind anything the campaign does might mean is extremely difficult. The behavior is, to say the least, bizarre. There are some theories, and none of them are particularly encouraging. Whatever the real reason, it reeks of cynicism. I suspect the debate tonight and how it plays out over the next days will provide us a lot of information about which way the election will swing. Right now, the McCain campaign is in free fall, incoherent and increasingly bizarre. Is it possible for McCain to stop the bleeding?