Barr: 'I'll debate if McCain won't'

Former Rep. Bob Barr, the Libertarian candidate for president, says he's willing to take on Sen. Barack Obama in Friday's scheduled debate if Sen. John McCain won't.
"For the past several elections, candidates have used the CPD (Commission on Presidential Debates) as an official buffer to keep competition out of the two-party presidential contest," Barr said. "McCain publicly proved with his announcement what we've been saying all along: The candidates call the shots as to when to debate, where to debate and who to debate.
"Given Senator McCain's political stunt to avoid the debate, I ask that Friday's debate moves forward without him, as I am more than willing to step in to participate."
Barr noted that former President Ronald Reagan debated third-party candidate John Andreson, one on one an din 1992, George H.W. Bush demanded the inclusion of H. Ross Perot in all three presidential debates.