Sorry but I never heard the McCain campaign in 2008 talking about internal polls showing them winning... In fact I remember McCain himself saying that their polls are showing them 4 to 6 points behind...
Sorry, but what I remember and am seeing today, which was my entire point, is not how many points ahead or behind whoever is or was, but the worship here of the myth of internal and super secret (of course) polls as being more truthful and accurate than the polls of public organizations, as well as more favorable to our side’s loser candidates.