RNC starts to bail on McCain?

In today's earlier post on campaign funds, I noted that there was a rumor floating that the RNC might start pulling back from its support of McCain to focus more on tight House and Senate races. Well.....

The Republican National Committee, growing nervous over the prospect of Democrats’ winning a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, is considering tapping into a $5 million line of credit this week to aid an increasing number of vulnerable incumbents, top Republicans say.

$5 million isn't that huge against the $66 million the RNC raised last month, but this looks very bad as their candidate is sinking.

The fact that the RNC feels it had to say, "We’re not giving up on McCain," tells you alot about the optics.

If you read page two, you get a real flavor of the internal politics.

(The RNC is still spending on McCain, but it's also clear that they're pulling back and "hedging their bet.")

Also of note, The GOP is ditching spending on new recruits to support already exising Congress members (meaning no offense, all defense.)