Mike Murphy, the long-time associate and friend of John McCain who had been rumored to be joining the McCain campaign, said this morning he was not going to do it. In an interview, Mr. Murphy said the raft of speculation was threatening Mr. McCain’s campaign and he wanted to put an end to it. “I’m not expecting to join the campaign,” he said. “I’m trying to kill and end all this stuff.” “I think this staff speculation is not helpful to the campaign,” he said. “I don’t want to be controversial and I don’t want to be distracting from the senator’s message.” Mr. Murphy, who worked on Mr. McCain’s 2000 campaign, made his remarks after reports that he and Mr. McCain had been in conversations about him coming on board the campaign. Mr. McCain shook up his campaign last week, putting Steve Schmidt in charge. Mr. Murphy and Mr....
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