Obama to Appear on TV from Mississippi McCain or No

Just hours before President Bush was to host Obama and McCain at the White House for a how-to on clearing obstacles, Barney says an agreement has been reached:

“There really isn’t much of a deadlock to break,” said Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.

Meantime, Media Matters reports that after Meredith Vieira claimed “political advertising suspended” for the McCain campaign, dozens of NBC affiliates ran McCain ads during Today.

Obama says he’ll appear on TV from Mississippi McCain or no:

Barack Obama is committed to hosting a public, televised event Friday night in Mississippi even if John McCain does not show up, an official close to the Obama campaign tells the Huffington Post.

In McCain’s absence, the Senator is willing to make the scheduled debate a townhall meeting, a one-on-one interview with NewsHour’s Jim Lehrer, or the combination of the two, the official said.

Obama advisers expect that Senator John McCain will be there. I’ve kept my TiVo set throughout.