Fred Thompson is the latest to stump for McCain:
Former GOP presidential candidate and close McCain friend, Fred Thompson, is set to join the presumptive GOP nominee during his visit to North Carolina next week. Since losing the South Carolina primary on Jan. 18, Thompson has been absent from the limelight-even choosing to drop out of the race via written statement.
McCain is set to make a timely visit to the Tar Heel State, where primary voters go to the polls on Tuesday, and hopes to scoop up some media coverage. He is set to hit Charlotte on Monday and deliver a speech at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem the next day.
In recent weeks, McCain has campaigned with both Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee. While there was a lot of VP buzz when the AZ Senator was joined by Romney and Huckabee, expect a lot less around Fred-the former TN Senator even told Fox News last week that a number 2 slot is "not in the cards."
Which means of the top four candidates that didn't win the nomination, all of them have or will be on the straight talk express. It's favor currying, it's showing party loyalty, and unity, and it's definitely part of politics, no matter how we all feel about the end result.
It's also something to think about for the Democrats in the heat of a contentious primary of their own. It's hard to imagine now, but in October, Hillary will be stumping for Obama or Obama will be stumping for Hillary.




