Sen. John McCain (Ariz.), the frontrunner for the Republican nomination, missed the vote.

The Senate stimulus package failed cloture by one vote.

Despite their return from the campaign trail, Democrats fell one vote shy of the 60 votes they needed to bring forward their preferred economic stimulus bill.

Sen. John McCain (Ariz.), the frontrunner for the Republican nomination, missed the vote.

This is something that both Clinton and Obama, and for that matter Harry Reid, should be harping on right now.