McCain knows that he is about to have Phil Gramm hung around his neck like an albatross. Obama is going to destroy McCain in the debates, and McCain knows it.
So he's hiding.
Only the wingnuts in the O'Club would regard NOT facing the public and stating your policies for moving ahead in a public forum as progress.
Pull your head out of the clouds and watch Obama when he is trying to answer unscripted questions.
Er, ah, um, well, ahh, err.... stutter....
McCain is a far better man when it comes to Q&A and Obama knows it. That's why he (Obama) only wants to do three debates.
hell... you're loonier than Crockett, and he is out there.