Straw Poll - McCain still the front runner?

The SRLC is over and Bill Frist came out with a commanding lead in their straw poll. This was expected since Frist is from Tennessee and that's where the conference was. The front runner, McCain, took a unique approach and asked his supporters to vote for George W. Bush instead of him as a show of support for the consistently embattled president. So while First took the first spot which was no surprise, it was a surprise that Gov. Romney of Massachusetts took second place with 14%. McCain finished with 5% however Bush ended up with 10%. If 2/3 of McCain's supporters wrote down Bush as requested and the other 1/3 voted for McCain, it would seem to me that McCain actually came in second place with 15% of the vote. However, this was not the headline and Romney ended up with the lion's share of the publicity. Was McCain's stunt beneficial? Time will tell, but he is still the front runner in my book.