Fred said it was false.
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/03/video-fred-says-politico-story-was-made-up-out-of-whole-cloth/
Boy, there is something about VIDEO!... that it can not be refuted in any way (for now anyway, until they start faking them :)
Well, that is good enough for me. I took it as he will stay in at least for IOWA and NH, but that time he should have an idea of his options.