Rich Lowry at National Review Online is reporting that the McCain Campaign has been calling around the nation to state GOP officials to sound them out on what will happen if Sen. McCain chooses a pro-choice VP running mate. This would seem to indicate that Tom Ridge and Joe Lieberman are still in the running to be the pick, and even Condoleeza Rice , who describes herself as being "mildly pro-choice":

NR has learned that the McCain campaign has been calling key state GOP officials around the country the last couple of days and sounding them out about the consequences of a pro-choice VP pick. The campaign is asking about the reaction of conservative grass-roots activists to such a pick and whether a pro-choicer can be sold to them. This is an indication that the McCain campaign is serious about the possibility of a pro-choice VP nominee and that McCain leaving the door open to Tom Ridge last week may not have been merely a friendly nod to a longtime supporter. In this scenario, McCain's emphatic pro-life statements Saturday night and his pledge that he'll run a "pro-life administration" would have been partly an attempt to reassure conservatives in the event of a pro-choice pick. Here is NR's take today on why going with a pro-choicer would be a mistake for McCain.