I brought this up at our Minnesota caucus when a Huckabee supporter was bragging that Huckabee “won” WV. He was floored that this happened; so was everybody else in the room.
McCain lost in our precient by 17 points. I don’t think think the WV garbage helped him even with our Governor, Tim Pawlenty, stumping for him. The precinct leader read McCains letter to the precinct and then “forgot” to read the rest of the candidates letters until reminded....
McCain would have dropped off the next round of balloting anyway as the number 3 choice. McCain’s delegates would naturally go to Huck; it was the smart play. Nothing underhanded, typical politics.