Long-Time Staff Leaving McCain Campaign

Long-Time Staff Leaving McCain Campaign �" Salter, Weaver and Nelson
Gone

It's been a hard year to be a Republican candidate, from flip-flopping and having to pander to the right-wing fringe of the Republican party. After a bad fundraising quarter , MSNBC is reporting that John McCain's campaign manager Terry Nelson and chief strategist John Weaver are leaving the campaign.

UPDATE: Mark Salter, McCain's long-time chief of staff and co-author of his five books, is apparently also leaving the campaign. Republican sources close to the campaign are saying that the three did not leave amicably.