McCain Talks Tough, Not Dropping Out

After a horrible week in which he lost his top aides, he broke some election laws, and don't forget the hooraw about his fashion sense, McCain is hangin' tough and not quitting:

ABC News' Rick Klein and Bret Hovell report: Sen. John McCain said Friday that only "contracting a fatal disease" will cause him to drop out of the presidential race before the primaries begin, as he vowed to take his campaign directly to the voters of New Hampshire and other early-voting states as a means of compensating for his financial difficulties.

Other quotes from the article from McCain supporters imply that the trouble is not over:

Steve Duprey, a former chairman of the New Hampshire Republican Party and a strong McCain supporter, said the senator's New Hampshire organization is more energized than ever by the fact that McCain will be fighting from behind and concentrating on the Granite State. He said he expects more staff resignations and defections before things start again in the right direction, but said a lack of money won't be a problem in New Hampshire and other key states

You can tell which ones are the optimists on the McCain team, they're the ones who come to work with a brown bag lunch! Otherwise this is about what you expect from a candidate. Of course McCain will say he's in it to win, he has to and will continue to say things like that right up until the very second he quits. What he's hoping for is to be able to weather the next few months, hope the media and other candidates forget about little old him and start hitting each other. Which they will.

For McCain, this is about survival right now, not winning. And survival means talking tough.

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