John McCain and Question Time

Presidential candidate John McCain has promised that if elected into office he will insure that the United States requires a question time much like that in British parliamentary systems. While he may be winning more popular votes with this idea floating around the general public due to an article in the New York Times, I do not believe that such this would be a good idea at all. McCain may or may not truly want to impliment this into our government, but it definitely makes him appeal more to the moderate voters in our country in comparison to some of his extremely conservative ideas for government.
Many Americans may think that a question time would be great, entertaining, and a way to keep the president in check and on top of the issues. I don't believe that this plan would have such results if gone through with. In Britian the question time lasts 30 minutes and is nothing but witty banter and attempts at poking fun at the prime minister. I feel that our president would not be able to handle such ruthlessness and would ultimately not want to do this every week for their entire four year term. While we could make some ajustments to the rules regarding question time, I think it would be a waste of time still. Cameras would cause politicians to feel the need to act for the public and the public would not be informed on any important issues. It is nothing but 30 minutes of cheers for and boos against what the person talking is stating. No issues are solved, discussed at detail, or even simply explained to those listening. What's the point?
In fact question time may make bipartisanship even more unlikely to occur as question time seems to increases the gap between the two parties and makes it more of a war for power and public popularity.