On MSNBC, Barney Frank just said they have made progress with the crisis, and if McCain tried to come in to the hearings with his entourage, he would just interrupt the progress that both Democrats and Republicans working together now are making.
They have at this point included some ownership of assets of the financial institutions, not just the debt, which the president did not have in the original plan. They have also included some help for home owners facing foreclosure and stopping the executives of the institutions from unfairly profiting from this.