Mark Halperin claims he has the inside info that Romney is McCain's VP choice. I for one hope Halperin is actually right for once. But right under that, he says that Gen. Petraeus is also being considered, as McCain's darkhorse, I suppose.
People close to the campaign also floated a wild-card choice, Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top American commander in Iraq. They said it was not beyond the realm of possibility that Mr. McCain would ask him to join the ticket, although General Petraeus has no experience in elective government and has said repeatedly that he is not interested in the vice presidency.
Now, I for one found this pretty hard to believe. Is it even possible for him to just pack up and leave Iraq all the sudden and hit the trail? I doubt it.
Naturally, this has to be seen as nothing more than a desperate cry for attention, when all eyes are on Obama and his potential picks. And if McCain's choice is really leaking out a full week before the announcement, he'll have an especially hard time getting any attention in the next week.
Well, it turns out McCain is doing it for attention and his own advisors admit it.
NYT:
One adviser characterized General Petraeus, who presided over a recent reduction of violence in Iraq, as more of a wish-list candidate for Mr. McCain, who, like the general, long supported sending additional troops to quell the insurgency. The adviser said the campaign was putting forth his name in part in a bid for attention at a time when Senator Barack Obama’s choice of running mate, which is to be announced in the next few days, was dominating the media.
That's priceless.