"First of all, this has already been exposed, and it hasn't made any difference. It was revealed weeks ago; I heard about it and I'm not even from Virginia. Second of all, it's a novel, and people are sophisticated enough to grasp that. "Well gee wiz Mr. Sophisticated cosmopolitan political scientist (Larry Sabato....is that you?)......we Virginians must be a bunch of dumb hayseed hillbilly hicks then if Webb drops in the polls, huh?