"There is no doubt," McCain on running for President

[Mr. Morden]

Of course McCain's running.  Once you have an exploratory committee, you are effectively a candidate.  You can raise $ and do everything any other candidate can do.  We have even seen (in 2004) undeclared candidates who had exploratory committees participating in debates.  So McCain's announcement that he was forming an exploratory committee back in November was effectively his announcement of candidacy.  No real news here.