McCain Campaign Loses Two Staffers
The Arizona Republic reports that John McCain has lost two of his main staffers from his reelection campaign:
Sen. John McCain is shaking up his campaign leadership team as the span style="color: #0000ee;">Arizona Republican< readies for an all-out ground fight in his closely watched GOP primary battle against former Rep. J.D. Hayworth.
Campaign manager Shiree Verdone is moving to a 2010 "Republican Victory" fundraising operation. Mike Hellon, a former Arizona Republican Party chairman who had a part-time role as deputy campaign manager, will join her there.
Neither Verdone nor Hellon was fired, said Brian Rogers, span style="color: #0000ee;">McCain's campaign< spokesman, who confirmed the staff changes Friday in a statement to The Arizona Republic.