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Mac Chilly to Obama's Senate Greeting

Posted Oct 2, 08 12:14 PM CDT in Politics 

(Newser) – Last night's bailout vote featured a moment of campaign drama on the Senate floor, the New York Times notes. Barack Obama, who arrived in the chamber at 5pm, crossed the aisle to greet John McCain when he arrived about three hours later. Their handshake lasted barely a second, as McCain offered a cold stare and a turn of his head.

Obama gave a 13-minute speech in support of the bailout, and he spent time chatting with fellow senators, including a long conversation with Hillary Clinton. McCain declined to speak on the bill—aides said he did not want to speak before or after a Democrat—and stayed mostly near his seat. Both Obama and McCain voted in favor of the bailout.

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Barack Obama left, talks with reporter Jeff Zeleny, right, as he leaves the Capitol after voting on a $700 billion economic package Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008 on Capitol Hill.   (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks on the Senate floor about the financial bailout legislation last night in Washington.   (AP Photo)
The motorcade of John McCain heads toward the Capitol, seen in background, to vote on the financial bailout bill in the Senate in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008.   (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Republican presidential nominee John McCain gave Democratic opponent Barack Obama the briefest of handshakes last night when Obama greeted him ahead of the Senate vote.   (AP Photo)
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