Thanks for posting that update Erik! 
I’m waiting to see what the McCain camp has to say in the days to come when they are exposed at the ones behind this planting of Joe the Plumber.
McCain aides say there was no heads-up for Joe the Plumber, who’s headed out to the morning shows tomorrow.
“Joe didn’t know” that he’d be at the center of the debate,” said Matt McDonald.
“We tried to call him during the debate, but his phone was busy,” he said. “We’re not going to put him through media training.”
So the McCain campaign says they never contacted Joe the Plumber…but they also had his phone number. Now it’s very possible someone in the media gave them his phone number, but if you can find any listing for Joe Wurzelbacher in Holland, Ohio, you’re more industrious than I am.
The last thing that struck me as odd was that when talking with Katie Couric, Joe was totally on message for McCain (except the part where he said that he had already made up his mind on who he was voting for).
Bottom-line: it’s not entirely clear what the real story of Joe The Plumber is. But it is entirely clear that he’s not just some undecided voter. He supports McCain, and the McCain campaign sure seems to support him.
This wouldn’t be a story worth mentioning if the media wasn’t so excited to put him on all the morning shows, but since they are, they have a responsibility to get the story right. So far, there’s little indication that they will.