McCain-Crist ticket? Candidate noncommittal

By Times Wires
Published March 7, 2008

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Plenty of national media have weighed in on whether Gov. Charlie Crist will be Sen. John McCain's running mate, but what about the Republican candidate himself?

Asked Thursday while Crist campaigned with him in West Palm Beach, McCain demurred. "I know one thing about Gov. Crist," McCain said. "And that is that he is a great governor. He does a great job. And I think that ... there are many ways for him to serve the country."

McCain says he hasn't even started a list of candidates yet. "We, in fact, have not even outlined how we're going to go about this ... but I know that Gov. Crist will continue to serve this country in many respects in the future. He's still a very young man."