Sources inside the McCain camp have apparently disclosed to Bob Novak that McCain will pick his running mate this week.

Concentrate on Mitt Romney so our collective mental energy will penetrate the thick skull of the Republican nominee...

The worries that picking Romney will overshadow the candidate have some merit, but McCain's choice is to live with it and become the president, or insist on doing it "his way" and lose to barack-o-bama.

Not much of a choice really.

Another good reason to pick Mitt is increasingly apparent in recent weeks--McCain can't get arrested by the national media, who've abandoned all pretense of objectivity on the outcome of the national elections. With Mitt on board, McCain is guaranteed pretty much continuous media coverage, if for no other reason that they fear Mitt and will need to hammer him. Romney creates the prospect that McCain could go from No-bama back to an actual candidate, and possibly, barack-o-bama becomes no-Mitt.

Do it John, do it John, do it John...