Sources close to John McCain said that the Republican nominee is concerned over recent polling that shows him ahead of Barack Obama in the presidential race, and said that he is considering taking "drastic measures" in order to drop back to his a comfortable 10 to 12% deficit.
 
"It's finally dawned on him that he might win this thing," said one McCain campaign aid.  "That's why he's been going into overdrive on this vice-presidential thing.  If he can find a democrat to agree to be his running mate, and then announce it on the final day of the Democratic convention, he'll make sure that the few people that hear about it will be die-hard conservatives, thus driving them away permanently.  And without them, he'll easily drop a good 20% in the polls."
 
"He's not called 'Maverick' because he killed a goose through pilot error," said another staffer.  "Obama's incompetent choice of Biden really raised the stakes for John, because it makes the GOP road to the presidency easier.  Make no mistake: this is McCain's race to lose now, and lose it he will, even if it means promising to nuke Lichtenstein in order to drive voters away."
 
One source close to both the McCain and Clinton camps said that the phone lines have been "scorching" between the two since she became available for the VP nod, but that she is concerned about his unwillingness to see things through. 
 
"Listen, Hillary's not in this to lose to Obama a second time," said the long-time Clinton loyalist.  "While McCain only seems to be worried about keeping his maverick, drive-away-the-base reputation alive at all costs.  Hillary's got her own 'Harpy of the Beltway' reputation to safeguard, you know.  Plus, these Machiavellian schemes she runs aren't cheap; she's gotta pay back the benefactors somehow."

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