The Republican Party is re-opening its big umbrella - or more accurately, not closing its primary after all. At a meeting over the weekend, the state executive committee decided to forgo a legal challenge to a law that allows independents to choose which primary they want to vote in. While some members argue that Republicans should be choosing the party's nominee, state GOP spokesman Matt Roberts said the group decided to hold off until at least until next year, given the slow wheels of justice and the looming August primary. Somewhere, John "Don't Call Me Maverick" McCain is probably a...