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McCain heading his own VP search

Posted at 2:10 PM on May 2, 2008 by Tom Scheck

The Swamp quotes John McCain advisor Charlie Black as saying McCain is heading his own search for VP:

Black said no timetables have been set and staff is uninvolved. "He is thinking about names," Black said. "He's not talking to any of us about that."

McCain has referred to this as being in the "embryonic stage."

"He'll talk to a great variety of people as he does on all issues and matters of importance," Black said.

Yet Black acknowledged that the choice of a running mate is fraught with meaning for a 71-year-old candidate looking to reassure voters that they will be in good hands if anything should happen to him.

"Every nominee wants to make the best possible selection," he said, adding that they all "want to make sure they were picking somebody who could succeed and handle the job."

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