Jonathan Martin, who looked dashing in his pink oxford at the Politico party last evening, reports that John McCain told supporters in San Diego that he intends to compete in California. Several of the supporters I spoke to in Beverly Hills on Monday said that McCain promised them the same thing. And virtually every single one thought it was A) very unlikely, and B) very foolish if true. Republican presidential candidates say this kind of thing every four years, of course, and rarely follow through. Martin is right when he says that "compete" can be interpreted broadly.