UPDATE:  Well, almost. Hillary won with 54.3% of the votes compared to Obama's 45.7% of the votes. 8.6 percent to be precise. That's still a slam-dunk win. The New York Times mentions that this is Hillary's third win in a row of a big state. The Democrats need to win big states. Ergo, Hillary stays in the race.

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Hillary wins Pennsylvania and that means she's still a viable candidate. Forget what John Dean says, forget what the pundits and Democratic leaders are saying:  Hillary is still in this race.

What does this mean? It may mean that the Democrat candidate won't be decided. It might even be a brokered convention and it will certainly be nasty behind the scenes. It means that Hillary and Obama (blessed is the Chosen One) will be duking it out for months while John McCain just has to stand by, watch, and add his two cents when appropriate.

A year ago I was resigned to a Hillary presidency. Two months ago I was resigned to an Obama presidency. It looks now like I may have to be resigned to a McCain presidency. That's by far the least worth of the 3 options.

What should McCain do in the meantime? He needs to give serious thought to a running mate. He should pick a decidedly conservative minority or a woman. I'm not in to racial profiling for politics, but by doing this, McCain takes the big issue off the table.