McCain Lags in Home State, Among Independents

John McCain's still in the lead in Arizona, his home state (for those just tuning into American politics), but just barely.

In the latest Arizona State University/KAET TV poll, Mr. McCain leads Rudy Giuliani by only 32%-27%. Mitt Romney comes in at 11% and Fred Thompson at 6% (a rare win for Mr. Romney in the race for third place).

This is a big change from February, when Mr. McCain almost doubled Mr. Giuliani's support, 44%-25% (Mr. Romney was at 6%). Also, I called up the director of the poll, Bruce Merrill, and got the unpublished breakdown of how Independents are breaking — it's not good news for Mr. McCain...

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