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McCain selects his VP (MIKE ALLEN & JONATHAN MARTIN, 8/27/08, Politico)

Sen. McCain has chosen his running mate and the person will be notified on Thursday, a senior campaign official said.

A friend said McCain had pretty much settled on his selection early this week, and it crystallized in the past few days. Campaign manager Rick Davis flew to McCain's cabin in Sedona, Ariz., a few days ago to confer, and another meeting about the choice was held with top aides Wednesday.

The news leaked on the third night of the Democratic National Convention, detracting attention from speeches by former President Bill Clinton and the Democratic ticket mate, Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware.

Obviously in an era when Democrats take their losses to the Court and play the sorts of games they did with the NJ ballot after Bob Torricelli self-imolated, the GOP feels free to play hardball, but let's hope Maverick lets the Unicorn Rider have his big day tomorrow rather than announcing his VP to try and distract the press. It's hardly an urgent announcement and there has to still be room for courtesy in our politics.

NB: The good news is that it's definitely not Mitt or Joe Lieberman.

Posted by Orrin Judd at August 27, 2008 9:18 PM