McCain throws his support to the man from Arkansas, who thereby overtakes Romney and wins 18 delegates in an early state convention today.
McCain e-mails out a Politico write-up: "This is very bad news for Team Romney, who felt they had the state in the bag coming in, as we reported this morning. Romney had the most extensive ground operation in the state of all the candidates. He had 280 of the 1200 state delegates before voting began, the most of any candidate. Not much of a confidence booster for the campaign before tonight's big results."