Stick with me, folks. From CNN:

McCain camp to pro­pose post­pon­ing VP debate

McCain sup­porter Sen. Lind­sey Graham tells CNN the McCain cam­paign is propos­ing to the Pres­i­den­tial Debate Com­mis­sion and the Obama camp that if there’s no bailout deal by Friday, the first pres­i­den­tial debate should take the place of the VP debate, cur­rently sched­uled for next Thurs­day, Octo­ber 2 in St. Louis.

In this sce­nario, the vice pres­i­den­tial debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin would be resched­uled for a date yet to be deter­mined, and take place in Oxford, Mis­sis­sippi, cur­rently slated to be the site of the first pres­i­den­tial face­off this Friday.