The '08 Presidential Race is just around the Corner. What is the single best indicator?

Steroids. Here is what our Johnny on the spot press has to say about the straight-talking McCain's recent statements on steroids in baseball:

Amid revelations about baseball's biggest names, McCain has threatened to push legislation early next year if Major League Baseball and the players do not clean up their act. McCain long has advocated harsher penalties for athletes caught using performance-enhancing drugs.

The three-term senator from Arizona has earned a reputation as a go-to lawmaker, tackling campaign finance, the war on Iraq, federal spending and climate change.

It's little wonder that his foray into the baseball scandal has revived Republican speculation about McCain and the 2008 presidential race.

Yep, if there is one thing I care about in deciding who I think is a front-runner in the presidential race, it is straight talk on steroids. Am I missing something? Is this issue burning up the blogs anywhere on the political spectrum?

You know, I could buy it if it was statements on issues like paying taxes on nannies, failing to claim gifts on government disclosure forms, mob connections, sex from staffers, lying to the white house about background, but steroid use among multi-millionaire professional atheletes? WTF?